twelve o’clock
-LSB- Footnote : Bonaparte 's own words . -- Vide `` Memoires d'un Contemporaine , '' vol . ii. , p. 80 . -RSB- `` He wanted to set out for Paris precisely at twelve o'clock . That was the only reason why I received him so early , my friend , '' said Josephine , gently . `` Oh , then , you do not deny that you have actually received him ? '' shouted Bonaparte , and his face turned livid .