noon
`` Could you describe the man , Uncle Mose ? '' the coroner asked . `` No , sah , I don ' know as I could ` scribe ` im perzacly ; but I 'd know ` im , no matter where I sot eyes on ` im , and I know 'd ` im the nex ' time I see ` im . Well , sah , dat aft ` noon , mars ' r Mainwaring an ' de folks had gone out ridin ' , an ' I was roun ' kind o ' permiscuous like , an ' I see anoder kerridge way down de av ` nue by de front gate , an ' I waited , ` spectin ' maybe I 'd see dat man again . While I was waitin ' by de front dooh , all oh a sudden a man come roun ' from de side , as ef he come from mars ' r Mainwaring 's liberry , but he was anoder man . '' `` Did n't he look at all like the first man ? '' inquired the coroner .