about twelve o'clock
He was a citizen of no city at all , and had less desire than ever to bind himself to a permanent habitation . All very well so long as he kept among his male friends , at the club and elsewhere ; but this ` society ' played the deuce with him , and he had not the common-sense , the force of resolve , to keep out of it altogether . Well , he must go to his bank this morning , to draw cash . It was about twelve o'clock when he stood at the counter , waiting with his cheque . The man before him talked with the teller . ` Do you know that the `` Britannia '' has shut up ? ' ` The bank ?