Twelve o'clock
`` You 'll have to wait till the next train . '' `` When does the next train start ? '' asked our hero . `` Twelve o'clock . '' `` Then I shall have to wait till that time , '' Herbert concluded , with regret . Yet , as he directly afterwards thought , it could make no particular difference , since he had no stated engagement to meet , and this consideration enabled him to bear the inevitable delay with a better grace . `` I suppose , '' he reflected , `` I might as well go back to the hotel . ''