Seven o'clock Friday
` No . No , I donno 's I would take it either , Mr. Sykes . ' `` I was goin ' to say somethin' about the wind blowin ' now east , now west , an ' the human spine makin ' a bad weathercock , but I held on , an ' pretty soon Timothy an ' Silas went out . '' ` Seven o'clock Friday A.M. , now ! ' says Silas , playful , over his shoulder to Elspie . But Elspie did n't answer . She was just sittin ' there , still an ' quiet , an ' she did n't eat another thing .