twelve o'clock
`` I am glad I met you , '' said the young man , coming up at once and addressing the older clergyman with a troubled face . `` There would not have been time to have gone round to your place . See , I have had a telegram ; my father is ill . I want to catch a train at twelve o'clock to go and see him ; I can not if I take this service . Will it be possible for you to do the duty this morning ? '' `` Perfectly possible , '' answered Home heartily . `` Go off at once , my dear fellow ; I will see to things for you until you return . ''