nearly nine o'clock
before
Major and Mrs. Waldron were to go in the light carriage , but the little folks were to go with Mammy and Aunt Milly in the spring-wagon , along with the baskets of provisions for the `` white folks ' tables ; '' the bread and vegetables and cakes and pastry for the negroes ' tables had been sent off in a large wagon , and were at the place for the barbecue long before the white family started from home . The negroes , too , had all gone . Those who were not able to walk had gone in wagons , but most of them had walked , for it was only about three miles from the house . Despite all their efforts to hurry up Mammy , it was nearly nine o'clock before the children could get her off ; and even then she did n't want to let Cherubim and Seraphim go , and Uncle Snake-bit Bob , who was driving the wagon , had to add his entreaties to those of the little folks before she would consent at all ; and after that matter had been decided , and the baskets all packed in , and the children all comfortably seated , and Dilsey and Chris and Riar squeezed into the back of the wagon between the ice-cream freezer and the lemonade buckets , and Cherubim and Seraphim in the children 's laps , and Mammy and Aunt Milly on two split-bottomed chairs , just back of the driver 's seat , and Uncle Snake-bit Bob , with the reins in his hands , just ready to drive off -- whom should they see but Old Daddy Jake coming down the avenue , and waving his hat for them to wait for him . `` Dar now ! '' said Mammy ; `` de folks done gone an ' lef Ole Daddy , an ' we got ter stuff ` im in hyear somewhar . '' `` They ai n't no room in hyear , '' said Dumps , tightening her grasp on Cherubim , for she strongly suspected that Mammy would insist on leaving the puppies to make room for Daddy .