twelve o'clock
` I knew you would be grateful ; just think over the matter , will you ? and do n't come to any rash decision . We can probably give a little more than that ; but until we see how the mine is turning out , it is not likely we shall spend a great deal of money on it . ' ` Of course , ' said John , ` the proper answer to your remark would be to knock you down ; but , besides being a law-abiding citizen , I have no desire to get into gaol to-night for doing it , because there is one chance in a thousand , Mr. Longworth , that I may have some business to do with that mine myself before twelve o'clock to-morrow . ' ` Ah , it is my turn to be grateful now ! ' said Longworth . ` In a rough-and-tumble fight I am afraid you would master me easier than you would do in a contest of diplomacy . '