about twelve o'clock
Mrs. Scott smiled gently , clasping Jeff 's brown fingers more closely . `` He will not leave me , Mrs. Parsons -- promise -- even if I go to sleep . '' And so Jeff sat through the morning hours hardly speaking or stirring . At about twelve o'clock Captain Clark came to the door and was bidden to enter . He had come to say that he had made every arrangement to get Mrs. Scott comfortably conveyed to London , and that Mrs. Parsons must get her mistress ready early in the afternoon . `` And here is a telegram , Mrs. Scott , just come for you , '' he said , holding out the brown envelope . Languid fingers went out to receive the missive .