twelve o’clock
There , was something so comic in his pettish resentment , that the younger traveller , who was in no such pressing hurry to depart , could not help being amused with it , especially as it was obvious , that every now and then the old gentleman , though very angry , could not help laughing at his own vehemence . But when Mrs. Macleuchar began also to join in the laughter , he quickly put a stop to her ill-timed merriment . `` Woman , '' said he , `` is that advertisement thine ? '' showing a bit of crumpled printed paper : `` Does it not set forth , that , God willing , as you hypocritically express it , the Hawes Fly , or Queensferry Diligence , would set forth to-day at twelve o'clock ; and is it not , thou falsest of creatures , now a quarter past twelve , and no such fly or diligence to be seen ? -- Dost thou know the consequence of seducing the lieges by false reports ? -- dost thou know it might be brought under the statute of leasing-making ? Answer -- and for once in thy long , useless , and evil life , let it be in the words of truth and sincerity , -- hast thou such a coach ?