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`` I do , but now -- '' `` Well , what now ? '' `` We must n't speak loud ; Mas ' r St. Clare wo n't hear on ' t ; but Miss Feely , you know there must be somebody watchin ' for the bridegroom . '' `` What do you mean , Tom ? '' `` You know it says in Scripture , ` At midnight there was a great cry made . Behold , the bridegroom cometh . ' That 's what I 'm spectin now , every night , Miss Feely , -- and I could n't sleep out o ' hearin , no ways . '' `` Why , Uncle Tom , what makes you think so ? ''