about noon
I 've always noticed that . When I was married , I had a husband who knew more about getting into trouble than any living man , and I used to notice that he always went about it in just the same kind of ways -- drink , cards , and women ; but when I had to get him out of it -- why , Lord , there were a million different ways I had to manage . There are loads of ways for smart folks to dodge trouble and our folks are smart . '' Johnson started for Conejo about noon . It was not the hour he would have selected for a long walk in a warm climate , but he had no choice . He did not try to make very rapid progress during the afternoon , his idea being to get in his best work at night ; so he rested whenever he struck a shady spot . A stranger coming along and spying Tom stretched under a tree , with his sombrero covering his face , would not have associated him with reckless speed .