about twelve o'clock
For a week he had stayed at home . Morphew did not reply , but the fact that no appeals arrived from the trusty shopman seemed to prove that this last step had been effectual . This morning Rolfe was half-minded to go up to town , but decided that he had better not . Thus the telegram from Oxford and Cambridge Mansions came into his hands at about twelve o'clock . Alma , after giving Hughie his morning 's lesson , had gone out with him for an hour . As soon as she returned , Harvey showed her the message . ` Why does he want both of us to go ? '