twelve o'clock
`` If he hits me , you go straight on to Bindon , '' he continued . `` Never mind about me . Go to the Snowdrop Mine . Get there by twelve o'clock , and warn them . Do n't stop a second for me -- '' Suddenly three shots rang out in succession -- Tom Sanger 's house had emptied itself on the bank of the river -- and Dingley gave a sharp exclamation . `` They 've hit me , but it 's the same arm as before , '' he growled . `` They got no right to fire at me .