twelve o'clock
The worst of it was they could n't make known their intentions to each other , and when Peter Russet leaned over ` im and tried to work ` is gag off by rubbing it up agin ` is nose , Ginger pretty near went crazy with temper . He banged Peter with his ` ead , and Peter banged back , and they kept it up till they 'd both got splitting ` eadaches , and at last they gave up in despair and lay in the darkness waiting for Sam . And all this time Sam was sitting in the Red Lion , waiting for them . He sat there quite patient till twelve o'clock and then walked slowly ` ome , wondering wot ` ad happened and whether Bill had gone . Ginger was the fust to ` ear ` is foot on the stairs , and as he came into the room , in the darkness , him an ' Peter Russet started shaking their bed in a way that scared old Sam nearly to death . He thought it was Bill carrying on agin , and ' e was out o ' that door and ` arf-way downstairs afore he stopped to take breath . He stood there trembling for about ten minutes , and then , as nothing ` appened , he walked slowly upstairs agin on tiptoe , and as soon as they heard the door creak Peter and Ginger made that bed do everything but speak .