twelve o'clock
Another train for Tilbury was leaving in five minutes . `` You will get in soon after the special , '' the booking-clerk assured him . `` Plenty of time to see your friends before she sails . Why , she 's not due to sail till twelve o'clock . There 'll be a deal of luggage to be got on board . '' The General unfolded his _ Standard _ in the railway carriage , and turned to the principal page of news . A big headline , followed by a number of smaller ones , caught his eye : `` Outrage at Shawur .