twelve o’clock
He felt that they had lived with Nature , and that she had taught them peace . He envied them all that they did not know . By the time he had reached Belgrave Square the sky was a faint blue , and the birds were beginning to twitter in the gardens . WHEN Lord Arthur woke it was twelve o'clock , and the midday sun was streaming through the ivory-silk curtains of his room . He got up and looked out of the window . A dim haze of heat was hanging over the great city , and the roofs of the houses were like dull silver . In the flickering green of the square below some children were flitting about like white butterflies , and the pavement was crowded with people on their way to the Park .