Twelve o'clock
` Remember where you are , Sam , ' said Parson Bowden solemnly ; ` when did this most sad thing happen ? The King is the head of the Church , Sam Fry ; when did he leave her ? ' ` Day afore yesterday . Twelve o'clock . War n't us quick to hear of ` un ? ' ` Ca n't be , ' said the minister : ` the tidings can never have come so soon . Anyhow , he will want it all the more .