twelve o'clock
He did not even glance at me this time , and probably had no suspicion that he had ever seen me before . I was too insignificant a mortal to engage his attention even for a single instant . Yet he was my own uncle , though I might be in the same office with him for years without his knowing the fact . At twelve o'clock I went to dinner . As I passed through the yard , I saw lying on the bank of the river a beautiful sail-boat , which attracted my attention . It was about thirty feet long , and had quite a large cabin in the forward part . I had hardly ever seen a sail-boat , and I was much interested in her .