12 p.m.
Besides , I must cut the entrance-door down to the ground , for this tree-mendous flight o ' stairs 'll be the ruin o ' the business . It 's only a week since a man was shot by a comrade here in the cabin , an ' as they rushed out after him , two customers fell down the stair and broke their arms . And I calc ` late the gentlemen that 's overtaken by liquor every night wo n't stand it much longer . There is n't a single man that quits this house after 12 p.m. but goes down that flight head-foremost . If you do n't sanction that change , I guess I 'll have to get 'em padded , and spread feather-beds at the foot . Now , cap'n , if you agrees to this right off , I 'll give the sum named . '' Captain Bunting 's astonishment had now reached that point at which extremes are supposed to meet , and a reaction began to take place .