night about twelve o'clock
`` I am paying for my matrimonial mood now . '' `` But I thought Mrs. Amarinth lived entirely upon Cross and Blackwell 's potted meats and stale bread , '' said Reggie seriously . `` Unfortunately that is only a _ canard _ invented by my dearest enemies . '' `` Jim wo n't be back till very late , I expect , '' said Mrs. Windsor to her cousin , as they passed through the hall that night about twelve o'clock , after their return from the opera . `` I am tired , and can not go to my parties . Come to my room , Emily , and we will drink some Bovril , and have a talk . I love drinking Bovril in secret .