Twelve o'clock
`` Remember where you are , Sam , '' said Parson Bowden solemnly ; `` when did this most sad thing happen ? The King is the head of the Church , Sam Fry ; when did he leave her ? '' `` Day afore yesterday . Twelve o'clock . War n't us quick to hear of ` un ? '' `` Ca n't be , '' said the minister : `` the tidings can never have come so soon . Anyhow , he will want it all the more .