noon
`` There I lay with my eyes shut , '' Silas Blackburn went on in his strange , inquiring voice . `` And yet I seemed to see those dead people all around me , and I thought they were in pain again , and were mad at me because I did n't do anything . I guess maybe I must ` a ' been dozing a little , for I thought -- '' He broke off . He raised his hand slowly and pointed in the direction of the overgrown cemetery where they had seen his coffin covered that noon . His voice was lower and harsher when he continued : `` I -- I thought I heard them say that things were all broken out there , and -- and awful -- so awful they could n't stay . '' His voice became defiant . `` I ai n't going to tell you what I dreamed .