twelve o'clock
`` Come and sit in this big chair , Mrs. West , '' she said . `` You must have had a long day . '' `` Well , quite , '' said Mrs. West . `` You see , I went to take my husband from the hospital at twelve o'clock , and then I found that your father had made this delightful arrangement for us . It seemed too good to be true . So I had to send Algernon to his club , and I rushed back to my boarding-house and packed my things : and then I had to do some shopping , and meet them at the station . And of course I never could get a taxi when I wanted one .