one o'clock
` I leave it to you to do , ' she said , an I 'm doin ' o n't the best I kin . I seen her laid out decent in her best gownd -- that 's Miss Dory -- an ' sent to Palatka for a coffin -- a good one , too -- an ' have been across the lake for Elder Covil to ` tend the burial , ` case she done said , ` Send for him ; he knows . ' But he ai n't thar , an ' I ` se come for you . It 'll be day after to-morrer at one o'clock . '' Mr. Mason felt the water rolling down his back in streams as he thought of a hot drive through the Florida sand and woods , but he could not say no , Jake 's honest face was so anxious and pleading . `` Yes , I 'll come , but how ? '' he asked .