twelve o'clock
` The King ? ' She looked up then . ` Yes ; to Gloucester Lodge ; and he will pass this way . He ca n't arrive till long past the middle of the night , if what they say is true , that he is timed to change horses at Woodyates Inn -- between Mid and South Wessex -- at twelve o'clock , ' continued Loveday , encouraged by her interest to cut off the parsley-bed from the distance between them . Miller Loveday came round the corner of the house . ` Have ye heard about the King coming , Miss Maidy Anne ? ' he said .