twelve o'clock
A second clerk was seated there , and him Dagworthy summoned to the office , where he had need of him . Presently Hood came to replace the ledger he had examined , and took away the succeeding volume . A few minutes later Dagworthy said to the clerk who sat with him -- ` I shall have to go away for an hour or so . I 'm expecting a telegram from Legge Brothers ; if it does n't come before twelve o'clock , you or Hood must go to Hebsworth . It had better be Hood ; you finish what you 're at . If there 's no telegram , he must take the twelve-thirteen , and give this note here to Mr. Andrew Legge ; there 'll be an answer . Mind you see to this . '