twelve
o'clock
`` She must be near . '' `` No , M'sieur , '' he replied , softly . `` It would only give her great pain to see me -- like this . She was to meet me to-night -- at twelve o'clock -- on the trail where the road-bed crosses . You will meet her in my place . When she understands all that has happened you may bring her here , if she wishes to come . Then -- to-morrow night -- you will go together to fire the signal . ''