twelve o'clock
`` Sit still , boy . What do you know about the place , and which way will you go ? '' I was obliged to say that I did n't know , but I would hunt for him well . `` It is now close upon twelve o'clock , '' said Gunson , angrily , `` and he has been gone nearly three hours . If he is coming back it must be directly , and then , with you gone , we shall miss the boat , and all our belongings will go on up north without us . Hang him , he must be mad ! '' `` But I would not go far without coming back , '' I said .