twelve
o'clock
`` We 'll have a ten-course dinner , sir , of cocoanuts and plums , sir , if you please , sir . '' `` Breakfast warmed over , I see , '' he murmured , gazing resignedly toward the trees . Later on he managed to get some life into his watch and eventually it gave promise of faithful work . He set the hands at twelve o'clock . It was broiling hot by this time , and he was thoughtful enough to construct a poke-bonnet for her , utilizing a huge palm leaf . Proudly he placed the green protector upon her black hair . Then , looking into her smiling eyes , he tied the grass cord under her up-tilted chin .