twelve
o'clock
He would have thought nothing of it had not Barkley , on looking up and seeing him standing there , jumped up in a sudden rage and boxed his ears furiously , calling him a prying little sneak . The boy could not fix this to a day , but it was certainly just about the time when this letter was posted to you . `` The other affair had happened the day previously . He had gone into Barkley 's room with his books on coming down from school at twelve o'clock , and seeing on his table a letter stamped and ready for the post , he supposed that as usual he was to post it , and was running downstairs with it in his hand when he met Barkley coming up . ` What have you got there ? ' he asked . ` I am taking your letter to the post , ' he said ; whereupon Barkley flew into another rage , called him an officious little beast , gave him a box in the ear , and took the letter from him .