twelve o'clock
She hardly gave a thought to the Beggar Man . Her mind wandered off to the spending of the money he had given her , to the gifts she would buy for her mother and the twins . The stopping of the cab roused her with a start . She scrambled out , and to her horror discovered that he had taken her right to the door of Heeler 's , and that it was twelve o'clock , and the girls were already pouring out from work . She was crimson with confusion as she paid her fare . She wished the earth would open and swallow her up . Several of the girls came up to stare and speak to her .