twelve o'clock
`` The fellow you hit first is conscious now , sir , but very weak . The doctor says that if he had n't had a thick hat on , your blow would have killed him to a certainty . The other man 's arm is set and bandaged , and he is all right otherwise . We shall be able to have them both in court at twelve o'clock . '' The Squire rode up to his house . He was met at the door by his son , in a state of great excitement . `` Is it all true , father ?