12:25
They 'll be -- that -- if they come in here at 12:30 . You must come to them , they say . '' `` Tell the gentlemen I 'm sitting here with my hat on the back of my head , smoking a good see-gar , with nails driven through both shoes into the floor -- and looking at the clock . '' At 12:25 Senator Stevens entered . `` I came to warn you , Langdon , '' he said , `` that Senator Peabody 's patience is nearly exhausted . You must come to see him at once if you expect the South to get a naval base at Altacoola or anywhere else . If you do not agree to take his advice this naval bill and any other that you are interested in now or in future will be trampled underfoot in the Senate .