twelve o'clock
`` Then you are satisfied with your choice ? You never wish that you had entered Vassar or Smith or any other college ? '' `` Yes , I am satisfied , '' declared Grace , while Miriam and Anne echoed her reply , but Grace might have truthfully added that there were times when even the glorious privilege of being an Overton freshman had its drawbacks . Thanksgiving dinner was served at exactly half-past twelve o'clock , and eaten with much merriment and good cheer . At half-past one Mr. Southard was obliged to leave his sister and guests , and at two o'clock they were getting into their wraps , preparatory to accompanying Miss Southard to another theatre to see one of the most successful plays of the season . That night they saw the actor in `` Hamlet , '' and his remarkable portrayal of the ill-fated Prince of Denmark was something long to be remembered by the three girls as well as by the rest of the enthusiastic assemblage that witnessed it . `` I shall never forget the awful look in his poor eyes , '' said Grace solemnly .