twelve o'clock
`` Win what ? '' asked the vicar . '' _ That _ , '' said Boy , and flashed on her way . When the day of parting came , word was sent round to the stables that nobody was to be in them at twelve o'clock . At that hour a slight cold figure crossed the yard swiftly , and entered the stables . The key was turned in the door . There was no sound from within , except the movement of the horses , to whom the girl was bidding good-bye .