twelve o’clock
`` Ah ! '' we said , as we stood looking out at them through the window , `` wo n't they come home soaked ! '' And we chuckled to think how wet they were going to get , and came back and stirred the fire , and got our books , and arranged our specimens of seaweed and cockle shells . By twelve o'clock , with the sun pouring into the room , the heat became quite oppressive , and we wondered when those heavy showers and occasional thunderstorms were going to begin . `` Ah ! they 'll come in the afternoon , you 'll find , '' we said to each other . `` Oh , _ wo n't _ those people get wet .