twelve o'clock
`` Very well . Sit down , '' replied the old man , reaching for his wages book . `` There are sixty pounds due to you , '' he said ; `` go on board and wait for me . I 'll be there at twelve o'clock with the new man , and we 'll go through the stores and spare gear together . If everything is right , I 'll pay your sixty pounds -- if not , I 'll deduct for whatever is short . Good morning . '' At two o'clock in the afternoon Captain Tom Lester landed at Circular Quay with his effects and sixty sovereigns in his pocket .