twelve o'clock
Come , forward ! we are only ambling on like so many donkey-women . We have to get into Budmouth , join the rest of the troop , and then march along the coast west ` ard , as I imagine . At this rate we sha n't be well into the thick of battle before twelve o'clock . Spur on , comrades . No dancing on the green , Lockham , this year in the moonlight ! You was tender upon that girl ; gad , what will become o ' her in the struggle ? '