twelve o’clock
`` Well , one thing is evident , '' Mr. Henderson remarked , `` we shall not starve here . There is plenty to eat , even , if we have to turn vegetarians . '' `` I wonder what time it is getting to be , '' Jack remarked . `` My watch says twelve o'clock but whether it 's noon or midnight I ca n't tell , with this colored light coming and going . I wonder if it ever sets as the sun does . '' `` That is something we 'll have to get used to , '' the professor said . `` But I think we had better go back to the ship now .