Twelve o’clock
`` Then there is , of course , the doctor , '' said the Sheriff . `` Bon , '' said Grassette . `` What time is it ? '' `` Twelve o'clock , '' answered the Sheriff , and made a motion to the warder to open the door of the cell . `` By sundown ! '' Grassette said , and he turned with a determined gesture to leave the cell . At the gate of the prison , a fresh , sweet air caught his face .