noon
But he wuz a good-lookin ' feller , there hai n't a doubt of that , and good actin ' and smart . He wuz a bacheldor , and we could all see plain that Miss Plank held his price almost above rubies . If there wuz any good bits among vittles that wuz always good , it wuz Miss Plank 's desire that he should have them bits ; if there wuz drafts a-comin ' from any pint of the compass , it wuz Miss Plank 's desire to not have him blowed on . If any soft zephyr 's breath wuz wafted to any one of us from a open winder on a hot evenin ' or sunny noon , he wuz the one she wanted wafted to , and breathed on . If her smiles fell warm on any , or all on us , he wuz the one they fell warmest on . But we all liked him the best that ever wuz . Even Nony Piddock seemed to sort of onbend a little , and moisten up with the dew of charity his arid desert of idees a little mite , when he wuz around .