two o'clock
I can make blebe dat I wants to take my dinner ` long o ' dem to sabe time , an ' den dey 'll hab a dinner wat 'll make Missy real peart ` fore she gin to work , '' and full of her kindly intentions she bought a juicy steak , some vegetables , a quantity of the finest flour , sugar , coffee , and some spices . Mara had slipped out and invested the greater part of her diminished hoard in the materials essential to her new undertaking . Not the least among them , as she regarded it , was an account book . When , therefore , Aun ' Sheba bustled in between one and two o'clock , she found some bulky bundles on the kitchen table over which Mrs. Hunter had already groaned aloud . `` Law sakes , honey , what all dese ? '' the colored aunty asked . `` They are my start in trade , '' replied Mara , smiling .