twelve o'clock
Mrs. Cunningham and Millicent were sitting in their bonnets in the parlor . `` Here you are at last , sir , '' the girl said . `` Another five minutes , and we should have gone out . You told us that you would come early , and now it is twelve o'clock ; and you are generally so punctual in your appointments . What have you got to say for yourself ? '' `` A good many things have happened since then , Millicent . Last night your friend Mr. Cotter called upon me . ''