twelve
o'clock
I shall be none the less a daughter to my father -- none the less a friend to you . I will never , never forget you , my dear ! '' -LRB- here the writing became blurred , as if large drops had fallen on the paper while she wrote . -RRB- `` It is twelve o'clock , and I must bid you good-night -- and God bless you ever and ever ! The last time I sign my dear old name -LRB- except once -RRB- is thus to you . `` Your faithful and loving friend , `` Helen Cardross . '' Thus she had written , and thus he sat and read -- these two , who had been and were so dear to one another .