twelve o'clock
With the exception of a line once or twice from Mary Bower , she had never received a letter in her life ; she was very proud of the honour . Gilbert had just come home for breakfast , and all rejoiced over the news of Thyrza . It was hard for Lydia to sit through her morning at the workroom . Thyrza was to be at home by twelve o'clock . As soon as the dinner-hour struck , Lydia flung her work aside , and was in Walnut Tree Walk in less time than it had ever before taken her . Instinct told her that the child would be waiting upstairs alone , and not in the Grails ' room . She flew up .