twelve o'clock
The panes glowed like plates of heated metal . The sky above was like a faded rose . He thought of Dorian Gray 's young fiery-colored life , and wondered how it was all going to end . When he arrived home , about half-past twelve o'clock , he saw a telegram lying on the hall-table . He opened it and found it was from Dorian . It was to tell him that he was engaged to be married to Sibyl Vane . -LSB- ... 32 -RSB- `` I suppose you have heard the news , Basil ? ''