twelve o'clock
`` You take Mother , Phil , and I 'll take Dad . Oh , what a lark ! '' It was half an hour before the Paytons could bring themselves down to a consideration of the sober and substantial things of life , and then it took Mrs. Payton to do it . `` Lucile , '' she cried , stopping in the middle of a dance to gaze upon her daughter , `` I do n't believe you 've had a mouthful of anything to eat since you got up , and it 's after twelve o'clock . '' `` Oh , I forgot , '' said Lucy , and then added naively , `` Now I come to think of it , though , I am hungry . '' `` Of course you are . Run along and tell Mary to make you some toast .