about twelve o'clock
` P.S. -- I wonder if Tom will inquire for me . ' ` Tell her I will be there by lunch time , ' Jerrie said to the man , while to her grandmother she continued : ` The baking and cleaning are all done , and I can finish the ironing when I get back ; it will be cooler then , and I do want to see the inside of that show-house which Harold says cost a hundred thousand dollars . Pity somebody besides the Peterkins did not live there . ' And so , about twelve o'clock Jerrie walked up to the grand house of gray stone , which , with its turrets , and towers , and immense arch over the carriage drive in front of a side door , looked like some old feudal castle , and flaunted upon its walls the money it had cost . Even the loud bell which echoed through the hall like a town clock told of wealth and show , as did the colored man who answered the summons , and bowing low to Jerrie , held out a silver tray for her card . ` Nonsense , Leo ! ' Jerrie said , laughingly , for she had known the negro all her life and played with him , too , at times , when they both went to the district school .