one o'clock
Charlie sometimes heard it in the night , and then it sounded like , `` Cheer up ! cheer up ! '' its pleasant voice halting on the `` cheer , '' and then emphasizing the `` up . '' It divided all its peals into two such notes , and when Charlie heard it strike one o'clock the effect was quite enlivening as be lay there in his dark little chamber . At an hour earlier , when it sounded twelve `` Cheer ups , '' what a joyous procession of notes that was ! It was like a watchman 's voice ringing out `` All 's well ! '' twelve times .