noon
Allusion to this preference for a lighter task was made by Genesis , who was erecting a trellis on the border of the little garden . `` Pappy whittle all day , '' he chuckled . `` Whittle all night , too ! Pappy , I thought you ` uz goin ' to git ` at long bed all spade ' up fer me by noon . Ai n't ` at what you tole me ? '' `` You let him alone , Genesis , '' said Jane , who sat by the old man 's side , deeply fascinated . `` There 's goin ' to be a great deal of rain in the next few days maybe , an ' I haf to have this boat ready . ''