twelve o'clock
`` Really , monsieur , you are very kind . '' And they walked off together , Passepartout chatting volubly as they went along . `` Above all , '' said he ; `` do n't let me lose the steamer . '' `` You have plenty of time ; it 's only twelve o'clock . '' Passepartout pulled out his big watch . `` Twelve ! '' he exclaimed ; `` why , it 's only eight minutes before ten . ''