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Saturday noon
She turned him round and round , marveling . `` Pos-i-tivvle ! '' she declared . For a very long time Johnnie had been making a point of skimping the Saturday noon meal , this because Barber came home to eat it . Furthermore , as hot biscuits and gravy made a combination dish of which the longshoreman was particularly fond , Johnnie had seen to it that hot biscuits and gravy did not appear on the table except rarely . But this Saturday his inner man was demanding more food than usual . His appetite was coming up , exactly as Mr. Perkins had said it would !