twelve o'clock
In his stupor he was not at first conscious of what the knock meant . At length he recalled himself and cried : `` Come in . '' Gubblum Oglethorpe entered . `` The men on the twelve o'clock shift are just about ganging down , and they want to tak ' a few mair forks with them . They 've telt me ` at the timber is splitting like matchwood under the sandy vein . '' Hugh Ritson made an effort to gather the purport of Gubblum 's message . `` Tell them to take the forks , '' he said in a low tone .