twelve o'clock
The important thing is the End . If you come out as he did , with the doubt gone and the trust in God victorious , it matters little just what shape the battle may take . Since Jacob became Israel there have never been two such struggles alike , save in that they all end either in victory or in defeat . It was after twelve o'clock on that Christmas day when Ralph put his head out the door of the school-house and called out : `` Bud , I 'd like to see you . '' Bud did not care to see the master , for he had inly resolved to `` thrash him '' and have done with him . But he could n't back out , certainly not in sight of the others who were passing along the road with him . `` I do n't want the rest of you , '' said Ralph in a decided way , as he saw that Hank and one or two others were resolved to come also .