twelve o'clock
` It is brutal , ' he said , ` to tell you all this . You are not to blame for it and neither is your father , although I spoke to him in a heated manner yesterday . ' ` When did you say the option expires ? ' ` At twelve o'clock to-morrow . ' ` How much money is required to buy the mine ? ' ` Twenty thousand pounds . ' ` Can money be sent to Canada by cable ? '