twelve
o'clock before
I felt as if I could hardly sleep that night when I went to bed . There had been so much to see about the place , so much talk to have with old Sam and Kicksey , that it hardly needed the thought of seeing the mine next day to keep me awake . I thought I should never go to sleep , I say ; but I awoke at half-past seven the next morning , feeling as if I had had a thoroughly good night 's rest , and as soon as breakfast was over I started with my father on a dull soft winter 's morning to see the mine . Bob and Bigley were to come over ; but I felt that it would be twelve o'clock before Bob came , and that I should meet Bigley ; so no harm would be done in the way of breaking faith in the appointment . We walked sharply across the hill and descended into the Gap , but before we had gone far we met old Jonas Uggleston . `` Morning ! '' he said pleasantly .