about twelve o'clock
`` Nice boy ! You 're just what I wanted . Come out with me ! '' It was about twelve o'clock , a lovely warm morning . The first hum of the season was just beginning , like the big orchestra of London tuning up . There seemed a sort of suppressed excitement in the air . People of average spirits appeared unusually happy ; the very highly strung seemed just a little wild ; their eyes dancing , their tread lighter , and laughs were heard on the smallest provocation .