one o'clock
`` I 've passed -- that part of the trial , '' he proclaimed . `` Then , until twelve o'clock , there 's nothing to do but go out and kill time , '' declared Reade . `` Twelve o'clock '' repeated Dick . `` You mean one o'clock . '' `` I mean twelve , '' retorted Tom , with emphasis . `` At twelve you eat ; you do n't gorge , but you chew and swallow something nourishing . Then you 'll be in fit shape for the little game of the afternoon . ''