twelve o'clock sharp
It cost some trouble and a good deal of coaxing , but they were got into their seats at last . The trial was soon ended now . The twins themselves became witnesses in their own defense . They established the fact , upon oath , that the leg-power passed from one to the other every Saturday night at twelve o'clock sharp . But on cross-examination their counsel would not allow them to tell whose week of power the current week was . The judge insisted upon their answering , and proposed to compel them , but even the prosecution took fright and came to the rescue then , and helped stay the sturdy jurist 's revolutionary hand . So the case had to go to the jury with that important point hanging in the air .