twelve o'clock sharp
Miss Guest stopped her with a hand on hers , and a '' _ Dear _ Monny , please do n't let us think of it any more , if Antoun Effendi disapproves . Maybe it was a silly idea , and we 've plenty of amusing things to do every minute . '' Monny was apparently contented to let the idea slip , and Brigit had thought that , in the excitement of getting ready for the ball , she and Rachel had really forgotten it . Then , before writing me , she had overheard Rachel say to her friend , `` It 's for twelve o'clock sharp . '' And Monny had answered , `` Wo n't it be _ great ! _ Does Bedr think -- '' But she had stopped short at sight of Brigit . Even this did not suggest to Biddy a visit to a `` hasheesh den , '' for various other plans had been broached and discouraged by `` Antoun . ''