twelve
o'clock
What I had to thole that day ! I was flaid that if he had a drop too mich he 'd happen lose his footing on the plank-bridge at the town-end , and then the spate would tak him off his feet and drown him . I offered to walk wi ' him down to the public and bide wi ' him while he wanted to come back ; but he said he reckoned he were owd enough to do wi'out a nuss-maid and told me to mind my own business . Well , twelve o'clock came , and when I saw Owd Jerry coming back to his dinner I were that fain I could have kissed him , though he 'd a five-days ' beard on his face . `` When dinner were ower Mike told our Amos that he mun fetch in the stirks that were out on the moors on the far side o ' Wharfe . The weather were that bad he doubted they 'd come to no good if they were out all neet . So Amos set off about half-past two , and , efter I 'd weshed up and sided away I sat misen down i ' the ingle-nook and mended the stockings .