twelve
o'clock
Scantily clad dames in kimonos and gentlemen in pyjamas were slipping discreetly down the passage way in soft , slipper-clad silence , all going in the same direction , and casting wrathful glances toward the lighted doorway . Finally he had to close the door . He opened a book , but it was impossible to read two paragraphs consecutively . His watch said twelve o'clock . `` She will not come ! ... She will not come ! '' he cried in desperation .