twelve o'clock
At any rate you will always think of me as your true friend , Nelly , always trust me ? '' `` Always , Harry , in the future more than lately , for I have seen this coming . Now that we understand each other we can be quite friends again . '' At twelve o'clock on a bright summer day Mr. Brook drove up in his dog-cart , with two gentlemen , to the Vaughan mine . One was the government inspector of the district ; the other , a newly-appointed deputy inspector , whom he was taking his rounds with him , to instruct in his duties . `` I am very sorry that Thompson , my manager , is away to-day , '' Mr. Brook said as they alighted . `` Had I known you were coming I would of course have had him in readiness to go round with you .