About twelve o'clock
He stood there looking up after her with his mouth set , and at the turn she glanced down and caught his eye . I thought she flushed , but I was n't sure , and at that minute Senator Biggs bought three twenty-five-cent cigars and told me to keep the change from a dollar . I was so surprised at the alteration in him that I forgot Miss Patty entirely . About twelve o'clock , just after I went to my room , somebody knocked at the door . When I opened , the new doctor was standing in the hall . `` I 'm sorry to disturb you , '' he said , `` but nobody seems to know where the pharmacy clerk is and I 'll have to get some medicine . '' `` If I 'd had my way , we 'd have had a bell on that pharmacy clerk long ago , '' I snapped , getting my keys .