twelve o'clock
cried the joyous Elizabeth . `` Not at all . '' `` But where do you live ? '' `` In Casterbridge , or rather I shall be living here after twelve o'clock to-day . '' Elizabeth expressed her astonishment . `` I have been staying at Budmouth for a few days while my house was getting ready . The house I am going into is that one they call High-Place Hall -- the old stone one looking down the lane to the market .