twelve o'clock
`` I 'll just put in everything , '' he thought , `` just as it came along , and they 'll know what I 've been doing . '' It took a long time to write the letter , but it was done at last , and when he put down his pen he exclaimed : `` Hard work always makes me hungry ! I wonder if it is n't dinner-time ? They said it was always dinner-time here after twelve o'clock . I 'll go see . '' It was long after twelve when he went down to the office to stamp and mail his letter . `` Mr. Ogden , '' said the clerk , giving Jack an envelope , `` here 's a note from Mr. Magruder .