About twelve o'clock
And there it was lying on the priest 's lap . He looked so utterly dumbfoundered , poor dear man , and blushed all over his fat , good-natured face , and I , when I realized I had pointed an accusing finger , was also covered with confusion . We tried to explain that it had come off with my glove , but he merely bowed repeatedly and made hurt ejaculations in some unknown tongue , so we were reduced to an uneasy silence . About twelve o'clock we had breakfast in the refreshment-room of a station . We had wired for it , so it was ready . First we got ham and eggs . The ham was evidently tinned , and the eggs were quite black .