about twelve o’clock
Sir , it is only a roturier whom death , or anything else , takes by surprise . How many hours , then , can I live ? '' `` Not many , I fear , sir : perhaps until daybreak . '' `` My day breaks about twelve o'clock , p.m. , '' said Saville , as drily as his gasps would let him . `` Very well ; -- give me the cordial ; -- do n't let me go to sleep -- I do n't want to be cheated out of a minute . So , so -- ! I am better .