twelve o'clock
I wonder what time it is . '' `` I 'll soon find out , '' said Frank . And , bounding out on to the floor , he lighted a match , and held it up before the little clock that stood on the mantle-piece . `` It 's twelve o'clock , '' he continued . And he crawled back into bed , and in a few moments was almost asleep , when Archie suddenly exclaimed , `` They 're coming back ! '' And the geese again passed over the house , in full cry . They knew it was the same flock , because they came from toward the river , and that was the same direction in which they had gone but a few moments before .