twelve o'clock
`` How dare you , sir ! '' `` Why , he began at me , uncle , while I was asleep , and -- '' `` Silence , sir ! I will not have the calm and repose of my house disturbed by such disgraceful conduct . Past twelve o'clock , you ought to be asleep , and here is a regular riot in the place . '' `` There , I told you how it would be , '' said Sam in an ill-used , remonstrative tone . `` Oh ! '' exclaimed Tom , but no more , for a hot feeling of indignation forced him to be silent , stung as he was by the injustice of the disturbance being laid at his door . ''