nearly
twelve o'clock
If you had been frank and candid with us , it would never have happened . '' This was the only reproach he could make her ; what came after was Johanna 's business , not his . `` And now I 'm going to take you home . It 's nearly twelve o'clock . Think of the state your mother and sister will be in about you . '' But at the mention of Johanna , Ephie flung herself on the sofa again and beat the cushions with her hands . `` Not Joan , not Joan ! ''