twelve o'clock
He looked at the clock . It lacked half an hour of noon . `` G ' - by , '' he said , and went to a distant corner , where he seated himself and stared out of the window , trying to imagine what he would do if he were Ovid Nixon , and what would make him appropriate three thousand dollars ... . At twelve o'clock he lumbered over to the cigar case . `` C 'm on , '' he said . `` Hai n't got no time to waste . '' The girl put on her hat and they walked out together .