twelve o'clock
I am hungry . '' `` How many bowls have you had this morning ? '' `` Only two . '' `` You must wait an hour for the third ; it is not twelve o'clock . '' We were silent . The flies buzzed in and out of the windows ; a great bee flew in , tumbled against the panes , loudly hummed , and after a while got out again . Alice yawned , and I pulled the threads out of the border of my handkerchief .