twelve o'clock
People in drink were rolling about the streets , and shouting and singing as if it had been a public holiday . `` Glad you ai n't in kingdom-come to-night , old gal ! '' `` Well , what do _ you _ think ? '' At twelve o'clock he went into a lodging-house and asked if he could have a bed . The keeper was in the kitchen talking with two men who were cooking a herring for their supper , and he looked up at his visitor in astonishment . `` Can I sleep you , sir ? We ai n't got no accommodation for gentlemen -- '' and then he stopped , looked more attentively , and said : `` Are you from the Settlement , sir ? ''