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`` It 's getting late , Jimmie . It do n't look nice for us to stay here so late alone , not till -- to-morrow . Ruby and Essie and Charley are going to meet us in the minister 's back parlor at ten sharp in the morning . We can be back here by noon and get the place cleared up enough to give 'em a little lunch , just a fun lunch without fixings . '' `` I hope the old guy do n't waste no time splicing us . It 's one of the things a fellow likes to have over with . '' `` Jimmie !