twelve o'clock
He used to be jolly glad when dinner-time came , for then he used to get out of sight in some quiet spot and lie down for the whole hour . His favourite dining-place was up in the loft over the carpenter 's shop , where they stored the mouldings and architraves . No one ever came there at that hour , and after he had eaten his dinner he used to lie down and think and rest . He nearly always had an hour for dinner , but he did not always have it at the same time : sometimes he had it at twelve o'clock and sometimes not till two . It all depended upon what stuff had to be taken to the job . Often it happened that some men at a distant job required some material to use immediately after dinner , and perhaps Crass was not able to get it ready till twelve o'clock , so that it was not possible to take it before dinner-time , and if Bert left it till after dinner the men would be wasting their time waiting for it : so in such cases he took it there first and had his dinner when he came back . Sometimes he got back about half past twelve , and it was necessary for him to take out another lot of material at one o'clock .