noon
They wuz tuk yisterday at noon . There 's a man , a woman , four children ! '' -LSB- He tapped the tip of each finger of his left hand once with the back of the book , and the thumb twice , looking Agnes very convincingly in the face all the while , as though to make her thoroughly understand , without putting him to the bother of a second statement . -RSB- `` Six -- they wuz tuk at noon yisterday . Two dead this mornin ' . Four more oughten be dead by -- let 's see -- why , time 's up now ! t ` houten be dead now !