twelve o'clock
`` Oh ! that one is empty , '' replied Hawes . Not quite empty ; there was a beech coffin standing in that cell , and the corpse of a murdered thief lay waiting for it . At twelve o'clock the justices were all assembled in their room . `` We will send you a message in half an hour , Mr. Hawes . '' Mr. Hawes bowed and retired , and bade Fry to take Robinson to the dark cell . The poor fellow knew resistance was useless .