twelve o'clock
And yet the drawings are gone ! '' `` But have you searched the place ? '' `` Of course I have ! It was twelve o'clock when I first discovered my loss , and I have been turning the place upside down ever since -- I and my assistants . Every drawer has been emptied , every desk and table turned over , the very carpet and linoleum have been taken up , but there is not a sign of the drawings . My men even insisted on turning all their pockets inside out , although I never for a moment suspected either of them , and it would take a pretty big pocket to hold the drawings , doubled up as small as they might be . '' `` You say your men -- there are two , I understand -- had neither left the office ? ''