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`` Yes , '' said Ump . `` We 'll be here early in the morning with six hundred , an ' we want to git 'em set over as quick as you can . How long will it take ? '' `` Well , '' said Danel , `` mighty nigh up till noon , I reckon . Do you mind , Mart , how long we were settin ' over them Alkire cattle ? '' `` We begun in the morning , and we stopp 'd for an afternoon bite . It took the butt end of the day , '' replied the brother .