twelve o'clock
There war n't nothing for them to ` owl at . There war n't no one near , except some one that was evidently a-callin ' a dog somewheres out back of the gardings in the Park road . Once or twice I went out to see that all was right , and it was , and then the ` owling stopped . Just before twelve o'clock I just took a look round afore turnin ' in , an ' , bust me , but when I kem opposite to old Bersicker 's cage I see the rails broken and twisted about and the cage empty . And that 's all I know for certing . '' `` Did any one else see anything ? '' `` One of our gard ` ners was a-comin ' ` ome about that time from a ` armony , when he sees a big grey dog comin ' out through the garding ` edges .