noon
I am what you saw me when the clock struck that hour -- One old man . At Two in the morning , I am Two old men . At Three , I am Three . By Twelve at noon , I am Twelve old men , One for every hundred per cent . of old gain . Every one of the Twelve , with Twelve times my old power of suffering and agony . From that hour until Twelve at night , I , Twelve old men in anguish and fearful foreboding , wait for the coming of the executioner .