twelve o'clock
`` Truly , I think with you , '' said Mr Lewthwaite , when she was gone : `` but there is time to consider the matter . Let us decide nothing in haste . '' The next morning , for the first time for many weeks , Charity asked for a holiday . It was granted her , and she was out till twelve o'clock , when she came home with a very satisfied face . Ways and means were discussed that day , but to little practical purpose . Of course Aubrey must be informed of the good fortune which had fallen to him : and after some consideration , it was settled that if Hans could make arrangements with Mr Leigh , he should be the messenger in this direction , setting forth when Sunday was over . People did not rush off by the next train in those days , and scald their tongues with hot coffee in order to be in time .