half past twelve
Papa told me once that during the Bristol riots -- I declare , there 's the Doctor looking on ! I wonder how he _ can _ . '' And the poor lady hid her face in her hands . By half past twelve all was over , and `` The Bower '' stripped of every article of furniture or consumption for which the money was owing . And yet , to the honour of Troy , no single theft or act of wanton destruction was perpetrated . Save for the trampled flowers and marks of dusty boots upon the carpets , the house was left as it stood on the day when Mr. and Mrs. Goodwyn-Sandys arrived . It should be mentioned , perhaps , that Seth Udy 's little boy was detected with his fist in a jar of moist sugar ; but Mrs. Udy , it was remarked , was a Penpoodle woman .