twelve o'clock
`` That settles it , '' Gibney declared . `` We 've skipped two meals but I 'll be durned if we skip another . We 'll ride out to the San Mateo county line on the trolley with that dime an ' then hoof it over the hills to Halfmoon Bay . Scraggs wo n't git away from the dock here until after twelve o'clock , so we know he 'll lie at Halfmoon Bay all night . If we start now we 'll connect with him in time for supper . Eh , Bart ? '' `` A twenty-mile hike on a tee-totally empty stomach , with a battle royal on our hands the minute we arrive , weak an ' destitoote , ai n't quite my idea o ' enjoyment , Gib , but I 'll go you if it kills me .