twelve o'clock
`` I would rather see my mother kicked out of the house than insulted by such a dried-up old curmudgeon as you are . Go along ! '' `` Now , do n't , Bobby , '' pleaded his mother . `` I am going ; and if the money is not paid by twelve o'clock to-morrow , the law shall lake its course ; '' and Mr. Hardhand rushed out of the house , slamming the door violently after him . `` O Bobby , what have you done ? '' exclaimed Mrs. Bright , when the hard-hearted creditor had departed . `` I could not help it , mother ; do n't cry .