twelve o'clock
Any odd time I had over , I did jobs for the soldiers and their wives . I got a good many little presents , enough to keep me in decent clothes and decent food -- if you can call the food you have up there decent -- and to provide me with tobacco ; so that , except that I was a prisoner , and for the thought of my wife and you , I had really nothing to grumble about , and was indeed better off than anyone in the fortress , except the officers . So you see , I just existed , always making up my mind that some day I should see a good chance of making my escape , but not really making any preparations towards casting off my moorings . `` Now , Dick , it must be past twelve o'clock , and I am dog tired . How far have we to ride tomorrow ? '' `` It is thirty-five miles from Oussoor to Kistnagherry , which will be far enough for us to go tomorrow , and then another five-and-twenty will take us down to Tripataly . As the horses have gone about forty miles , it would be a long journey for them to go right through tomorrow . ''