twelve o'clock
`` We 'll be in luck if the houseboat gets here by to-night , Curtis , '' argued Harry Sears , another member of the motor boat crew of five youths . `` Do slow down ; there is no use ploughing around these waters . We had better stay close to the meeting place . It 's after twelve o'clock ; ca n't we have a little feed ? '' `` Here , Brewster , stir around and get out the lunch hamper , '' ordered George Robinson . `` We must all have something to sustain us while we wait for the girls . '' David Brewster 's face colored at the other 's tone of command , but he went quietly to work to obey .