about twelve
o'clock
`` Infinitely ! '' He did not stay long , and upon his departure Lilian gave a sigh of relief . The next day he was to lunch with the Mumbrays . He went about twelve o'clock , to spend an hour with Serena . His welcome was not ardent , and he felt the oppression of a languor be hardly tried to disguise . Yet in truth his cause had benefited whilst he was away . The eloquent letters did not fail of their effect ; Serena had again sighed under domestic tyranny , had thought with longing of a life in London , and was once more swayed by her emotions towards an early marriage .