twelve o’clock
Her eyes , she said , felt too weak to bear the light , so she kept the bedroom darkened . But in other respects she had little to complain of . After answering her husband 's first inquiries , she questioned him about his plans for the day . He had letters to write which would occupy him until twelve o'clock . At two o'clock he expected the volume of the _ Times _ to arrive , and he should then devote the rest of the afternoon to his work . After hearing what his plans were , Mrs. Carling suggested that he should ride out after he had done his letters , so as to get some exercise at the fine part of the day ; and she then reminded him that a longer time than usual had elapsed since he had been to see a certain old pensioner of his , who had nursed him as a child , and who was now bedridden , in a village at some distance , called Tringweighton . Although the rector saw no immediate necessity for making this charitable visit , the more especially as the ride to the village and back , and the intermediate time devoted to gossip , would occupy at least two hours and a half , he assented to his wife 's proposal , perceiving that she urged it with unusual earnestness , and being unwilling to thwart her , even in a trifle , at a time when she was ill .