seven o'clock
`` Very well , den . You eat your lunch and I will go back to my rail-splittin ' . When you get through , just lay down in Pomp 's bunk and go to sleep . I 'll have you up at seven o'clock . '' The darky went out , and Tom , being left to himself , proceeded to look about him . The cabin , which was built of rails , was barely large enough to seat two men at the table ; but it was tight , and as the most the darkies had to do was to eat and sleep under it , it had plenty of room in it . Besides , there was a bench beside the door , and when the darkies were tired of working , that was the place for them to `` loaf . ''