twelve o’clock
And so the second performance came ; and in the theatre were some two hundred people , and the occasion was the most awful `` frost '' that ever froze the heart of an unhappy partisan of the `` drama of ideas '' . After which , according to schedule , the play moved to another manufacturing town ; and in the theatre were some two hundred and fifty people -- and a frost some ten degrees lower yet ! Section 11 . So at twelve o'clock that night there was a consultation in a room at the hotel , attended by Thyrsis and Miss Lewis and Mr. Tapping and Mr. Jones . `` You see , '' said the last named ; `` the play is a failure . '' `` Absolutely ! '' said Mr. Tapping .