twelve o'clock
`` No ; I shall go over to Arles this afternoon and post it there . As you know , it 's scarcely an hour away by train . '' He glanced at his watch . `` Past twelve o'clock already ! Wo n't you stay and take lunch with me ? Madame Giras is famous in Nîmes for her _ bouillabaisse _ . '' She agreed readily , and a dainty lunch was soon served them in the covered arbour .