midnight
I 'm starved hollow . ' She did n't look it special -- excep ' as thin , homely folks always looks sort o ' hungry . An ' she was homely -- kind o ' coarse made , more like a shed than a dwellin ' house . Her dress an ' little flappy cape hed the looks o ' bein ' held on by her shoulders alone , an ' her hands was midnight dirty . `` I was feelin ' just tired enough to snap her up . '' ` A nickel ! ' s ` I , crisp , ` give you a nickel !