ten minutes to twelve
I can just see right through this case . '' I believed Mitch , for besides everything else , he was the smartest boy I ever knew . Then the judge asked pa -- `` Any rebuttal ? '' And pa says , `` Just a few things , your honor , but it 's now ten minutes to twelve , and near adjournin ' time , and if your honor will indulge me , I 'd like to have court adjourn now till one o'clock . '' So the court said very well , and Sheriff Rutledge adjourned the court , and all the people began to go out . And then I see for the first time that mornin ' that Mr. Miller was in the court room . He rose up as my pa came down the aisle and spoke to him , and they walked away together and up the hill , goin ' home together with Mitch and me follerin ' .