eight o'clock
` Uh huh , ' sez Hannibal , ` den I reckon it mus ' be some udder nigger w ` at meets a ` oman down by de crick in de swamp eve ' y Sunday ebenin ' , ter say nuffin ` bout two er th ` ee times a week . ' '' ` Yas , hit is ernudder nigger , en you is a liah w ` en you say it wuz Jeff . ' '' ` Mebbe I is a liah , en mebbe I ain ' got good eyes . But ` less 'n I is a liah , en ` less 'n I _ ain ' _ got good eyes , Jeff is gwine ter meet dat ` oman dis ebenin ' ` long ` bout eight o'clock right down dere by de crick in de swamp ` bout half-way betwix ' dis plantation en Mars ' Marrabo Utley 's . ' `` Well , Chloe tol ' Hannibal she did n ' b ` liebe a wo 'd he said , en call ' ` im a low-down nigger , who wuz tryin ' ter slander Jeff ` ca ` se he wuz mo ' luckier 'n he wuz . But all de same , she could n ' keep her min ' fum runnin ' on w ` at Hannibal had said . She ` membered she 'd heared one er de niggers say dey wuz a gal ober at Mars ' Marrabo Utley 's plantation w ` at Jeff use ' ter go wid some befo ' he got ` quainted wid Chloe .