twelve o'clock
Hence , the Spanish language will serve all ordinary purposes among the Latin races who have made their own the vast continent that stretches from Panama to Tierra del Fuego . So the girl 's super-active brain was puzzled by De Sylva 's rendering of his military friend 's remarks . With the vaguest knowledge of what was actually said , she suspected that San Benavides had opposed the very project which , according to the President , he favored . She had caught the name of the relief vessel , the words _ bote _ , `` boat , '' _ las doce _ , `` twelve o'clock , '' _ à bordo de buque _ , `` on board the ship , '' and others which did not figure in the translation . She wondered why . The long day wore slowly . The heat was intense .