twelve o'clock
But her eyes were bent upon her prayer-book and she appeared quite unconscious that someone had just been reading the Bible exceptionally well . He felt chilled and disappointed . `` It is quite possible , '' he reflected bitterly , `` that in this out-of-the-way old church they do n't know good reading from bad . '' There is no sermon at Redmarley on Christmas morning , and people who have been at the early service get out soon after twelve o'clock . Eloquent waited in the churchyard and watched the young Ffolliots and Reggie Peel come out . Mary saw him and nodded cheerfully , but she did not , as he felt might have been expected , come up to him and exclaim , `` How beautifully you read ! '' No one did .