ten in the morning
Why should it not be ? He was black : but a black man 's money passed current as well as a white man 's . Might not his name , Scipio Johnson , stand some day and be remembered as well as that of Joshua Milliton , A.M. -LRB- whatever A.M. might mean -RRB- , who in 1714 had bequeathed moneys to provide , every Whit-Sunday and Christmas , `` twelve white loaves of half a peck to as many virtuous poor widows '' ? So when Miss Marty confided the news to him in the pantry where , as always at ten in the morning , he was engaged in cleaning the plate , Scipio 's hand shook so violently that the silver sugar-basin slipped from his hold and , crashing down upon the breakfast-tray , broke two cups and the slop-basin into small fragments . `` Oh , Scipio ! '' Miss Marty 's two hands went up in horrified dismay . `` How could you be so careless ! ''