twelve o'clock
`` Yes , surely , '' said Janet . `` What did he say ? '' `` Nay , nowt . It was verra late -- maybe twelve o'clock -- and I was bolting up and had the cannel in my hand to get me to bed , and a rap came , and when I opened the door who should it be but Mister Paul . He said he wanted a bed , but he seem ' t to be in the doldrums and noways keen for a crack , so I ax ' t na questions , but just took him to the little green room over the snug and bid him good-night . '' `` And next morning -- did you see him then ? '' said Hugh .