twelve o’clock
Throw cold water on him and gi ' ` im brandy . ' `` Sure enough , he was n't dead . Lancy stood there watchin ' us while we fetched Faddo back , and I tell you , that was a narrow squeak for him . When he got his senses again , and was sittin ' there lookin ' as if he 'd been hung and brought back to life , Lancy says to him : ` There , Jim Faddo , aw 've done wi ' you as a man , and at twelve o'clock aw 'll begin wi ' you as King 's officer . ' And at that , with a good-night to my uncle and all of us , he turns on his heels and leaves the Book-in-Hand . `` I tell you , Cousin Fanny , though I 'd been ripe for quarrel wi ' Lancy Doane myself that night , I could ha ' took his hand like a brother , for I never saw a man deal fairer wi ' a scoundrel than he did wi ' Jim Faddo . You see , it was n't what Faddo said about himself that made Lancy wild , but that about his brother Tom ; and a man does n't like his brother spoken ill of by dirt like Faddo , be it true or false .