About twelve o'clock
I always say soap is better than liquor after a shock . '' Hotchkiss was listening absently : McKnight was whistling under his breath , staring down across the field to where a break in the woods showed a half dozen telegraph poles , the line of the railroad . `` It must have been twelve o'clock when we got back ; I wanted the children to see everything , because it is n't likely they 'll ever see another wreck like that . Rows of -- '' `` About twelve o'clock , '' I broke in , `` and what then ? '' `` The young man up-stairs was awake , '' she went on , `` and hammering at his door like all possessed . And it was locked on the outside ! '' She paused to enjoy her sensation .