twelve o’clock
` Shall I go with you ? ' ` I will bring him out of his room , if he is there , and you can wait a moment in the passage . If not , we will go on together and find him . ' ` It is twelve o'clock ! ' exclaimed Hilda , glancing up at the great dial in the tower as she rose . ` It has not struck yet , ' answered Greif carelessly . They entered the winding staircase together and went down .