twelve o’clock
O , if I could testify my love with every drop of blood in me ! ' ``` Men always repeat these classic formulas to us , more or less effectively , ' she answered , still smiling . ` But it appears very difficult to die at our feet , for I see corpses of that kind about everywhere . It is twelve o'clock . Allow me to go to bed . ' ``` And in two hours ' time you will cry to yourself , _ Ah , mon Dieu _ ! ' ``` Like the day before yesterday !