twelve o'clock
`` But this gentleman seemed quite interested . He 's over to the Bigelow House now . I think I 'll step over and have a talk with him -- '' `` You 'd much better go and have a talk with Blinky Lockwood , '' she told him brutally . `` He 's waitin ' for you at the bank , and said he was n't goin ' to wait after twelve o'clock , neither ! '' `` Wel-l , perhaps you 're right . I 'll go there . It 's after twelve , but ... '' He started to get his hat and stopped with an exclamation : `` Why , Nat !