twelve o'clock
`` Just my silly luck ! Tell me about it . You say Penny knocked him out ! '' The next forenoon the summons came from the Office and at twelve o'clock Penny , Clint and Dreer were admitted to the inner sanctuary one at a time and grilled by Mr. Fernald . Penny 's forebodings were none too dismal , as events proved . Probation was awarded to Penny and Dreer , while Clint was unmercifully lectured . Unfortunately , their sense of honour kept both Penny and Clint silent as to the underlying cause of the affair , and the principal 's efforts to find out why Dreer should have set Beaufort to pick a quarrel with Penny , as both Penny and Clint claimed , were unsuccessful .