noon
And look ! Will -- you -- look , all of you ! '' Would we ? Say , we was crowded around that black hole in the mound as thick as noon lunchers at a pie counter . And we was strainin ' our eyes to see what the faint light of the torch was tryin ' to show up . All of a sudden I reaches in and makes a grab at something , bringin ' out a fistful . `` Hard money , '' says I , `` or I do n't know the feel ! ''