twelve o'clock
All that afternoon we `` lingered in the lap of luxury , '' as `` Bill '' put it . At six o'clock our dusky -LRB- doubly dusky -RRB- coal heavers went ashore , their labor over for the day . Though the workmen had left , the work was still to continue . The crew coaled till twelve o'clock , working in quarter watches . The following day another barge came alongside and part of the crew had to turn to and help the hired shovellers . `` So much , '' said `` Stump , '' snapping his fingers , `` for the officers ' assurances . '' Up to this time we did not _ know _ where we were going .