about
twelve o'clock
`` Any misgiving , oh dear , no ! '' said Miss Tabitha . `` You have no reason for any misgiving , I am sure , my dear Grizzel . '' So the note was written and despatched , and the next morning when , about twelve o'clock , Griselda made her appearance in the little drawing-room where her aunts usually sat , looking , it must be confessed , very plump and rosy for an invalid , Miss Grizzel broached the subject . `` I have written to request Mr. Kneebreeches to resume his instructions to-morrow , '' she said quietly . `` I think you are quite well again now , so Dorcas must wake you at your usual hour . '' Griselda had been settling herself comfortably on a corner of the sofa .