twelve o'clock
`` Just come in a minute and sit down , '' he fluttered ; `` you 'll have to excuse the looks of things . Having just this one room for telegraph office and bedroom and everything crowds me up awful . I 've been trying to fix my lunch for half an hour , but the telephone just keeps me busy . Then , besides , Mr. Mathews was here ; he came down on the launch at twelve o'clock . Now , of course I know it ai n't right to repeat anything I hear over the long-distance wire , but being such a good friend of yours , and you being such a friend of mine -- why , Mr. Opp there ai n't anybody in the world I owe more to than I do to you , not only the money you 've lent me from time to time , but your standing up for me when everybody was down on me -- and -- '' `` Yes ; but you was remarking about Mr. Mathews ? '' Mr. Opp interrupted . `` Yes ; and I was saying I never make a practice of repeating what I hear , but he was talking right here in the room , and I was mixing up a little salad dressing I promised Mrs. Fallows for the social , -- it 's to be over at Your Hotel this evening -- there 's the telephone ! ''