Twelve o'clock
`` I must take very good care I do not lose the steamer , '' said he . `` Oh , you have plenty of time , '' replied Fix ; `` it is only twelve o'clock . '' Passe-partout drew out his great watch . `` Twelve o'clock , '' said he . `` Nonsense . It is fifty-two minutes past nine . '' `` Your watch is slow , '' replied Fix .