twelve o'clock in the morning
Cally laughed gaily . There was a radiance within her , and she liked this man increasingly . Several times they had met , since their antagonistic talk at the Settlement ; and in the blunt Director 's manner she had lately observed that creeping change which she had witnessed in men as stalwart , before now ... `` Do n't look so fierce , '' said she , `` for I 'll not be bullied . Or at least not till you explain why you 're hanging around in front of the neighbors ' at twelve o'clock in the morning -- you who always pretend to be so frightfully busy . '' `` Waiting for Vivian . And I am busy , confound him ... . Not too busy , as you see , to take a kind interest in your welfare -- '' `` Oh !