twelve
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`` Oh , no , you must come ! '' pleaded Buster . `` Phil and Roger , and all the old crowd have promised to be there . '' `` Well , I 'll be on hand if you 'll promise not to keep us out after twelve o'clock , Buster . The eleven has got to get its sleep , remember that . '' `` All right , we 'll try to cut it short , '' answered Buster Beggs , who , this term , was the leader of the society , or Right Honorable Muck-a-Muck , as he was called . `` What are you going to do ? ''