twelve o'clock
Uncle Crow , you are a pet ! '' `` I will go and give orders for everything at once , '' Lady Ethelrida agreed delightedly . `` Jimmy , what a bright boy to have thought of the plan ! '' And by twelve o'clock all was arranged . Now , it had been settled the night before that Mr. Markrute should shoot with the Duke and the rest of the more serious men ; but early in the morning that astute financier had sent a note to His Grace 's room , saying , if it were not putting out the guns dreadfully , he would crave to be excused as he was expecting a telegram of the gravest importance concerning the new Turkish loan , which he would be obliged to answer by a special letter , and he was uncertain at what time the wire would come . He was extremely sorry , but , he added whimsically , the Duke must remember he was only a poor , business-man ! At which His Grace had smiled , as he thought of his guest 's vast millions , in comparison to his own .