twelve o'clock
She gave orders that when Mrs. Stonehouse arrived with her daughter they were to be shown at once into the Mandarin drawing-room . That they would probably stay for lunch . She would see them alone . A little before twelve o'clock Mrs. Stonehouse and Pearl arrived , and were shown into the room where Lady de Lannoy awaited them . The high sun , streaming in from the side , shone on her beautiful hair , making it look like living gold . When the Americans came in they were for an instant entranced by her beauty . One glance at Mrs. Stonehouse 's sweet sympathetic face was enough to establish her in Stephen 's good graces forever .