twelve o'clock
Do come , and bring Mr. Tudor with you . ' ` As he has not to attend from ten till four , he could come and take lessons too , ' said Lactimel , who , now that she was no longer a hanger-on of Gertrude 's , could afford to have her little revenge . ` That would be delightful , ' said Clem . ` Mr. Charles Tudor does come in sometimes at twelve o'clock , and I think he does it almost as well as Victoire . ' Gertrude , however , would go neither to the rehearsals nor to the finished performance ; and as Mrs. Val 's men had by this time been induced to leave the beershop , the whole party went away , leaving Gertrude to her meditations . Alaric returned from his office worn and almost as wretched as he had been on the day before . He had spent a miserable day .