nearly twelve o'clock
Somebody must , or there 'd be no one to hook it to ... . Have they stopped , I wonder , or are they going to begin again ? '' This referred to the Ethiopian banjos afar . `` I do declare they 're going to sing Pesky Jane , and it 's nearly twelve o'clock ! '' `` Never mind _ them _ ! How came _ you _ to know all the vulgar nigger-songs ? ... I was going to say .