twelve o'clock
With a quick motion , Mark snatched the girl to his heart and kissed her passionately . `` Good night , darling , '' he whispered . `` Keep up your courage . Who knows what may happen between now and twelve o'clock to-morrow ? And after I have seen your father -- '' Another kiss , and the lover was gone . Beatrice lay back in her chair striving to collect her thoughts . Everything seemed to have happened so suddenly and unexpectedly .