twelve o’clock
`` Sit me up , and put it close to me , '' she said ; `` I am going to eat it all . '' She tried to draw the things near her with her fingers , and re-arranged the plates . She cut the toast into long strips , broke open both eggs , put a tiny morsel of bread into her own mouth , and fed the dog with pieces of meat put into his jaws with her fingers . `` Is it twelve o'clock yet ? '' she said ; `` I think I do not generally eat so early . Put it away , please , carefully -- no , do not take it away -- only on the table . When the clock strikes twelve I will eat it . ''