twelve o'clock
`` Good-bye , '' she said politely , `` good-bye . Thanks , Jelly-bean . '' Then she stepped inside and left him wide-eyed upon the porch . At twelve o'clock a procession of cloaks issued single file from the women 's dressing-room and , each one pairing with a coated beau like dancers meeting in a cotillion figure , drifted through the door with sleepy happy laughter -- through the door into the dark where autos backed and snorted and parties called to one another and gathered around the water-cooler . Jim , sitting in his corner , rose to look for Clark . They had met at eleven ; then Clark had gone in to dance . So , seeking him , Jim wandered into the soft-drink stand that had once been a bar .