twelve o'clock
`` Dear me , Doctor , '' said the General apologetically , `` I am sorry we have no h 's here . '' `` Pray go on , Sir Hawkhurst , '' said the Doctor , smiling , and aspirating both in the name forcibly . `` Now , Polly , should you know that watch ? '' `` Oh yes , Sir Orkus ; both the hands were together at twelve o'clock , and the glass was a bit scratched , and I told him I did n't believe he came by the watch honest , and that if ever he dared to come near the place again to want me to accept his rubbish , I 'd take father 's gun down out of the slings and give him a charge of shot in his legs . '' `` Then , Polly , you did n't take the watch ? '' `` Me , Sir Orkus ! '' cried Polly indignantly ; `` I should think not , indeed .