twelve o'clock
An hour passed . A clock began to chime in the hall . He jumped to his feet and looked at the phosphorescent hands of his wrist watch . It was twelve o'clock . He had trouble in finding a taxi that would take him out at that hour . As he urged the driver faster along the road he speculated on the best method of entering camp . He had been late several times recently , and he knew that were he caught again his name would probably be stricken from the list of officer candidates .