ten o'clock
The citizens of the Windy Cove country have a saying that when Jud is sober and in a good humor and has money , he is a fairly good fellow , if he is not crossed in any way . The meat of which saying is in the well known fact , that Jud is never in a good humor when he is not sober , that he is never sober when he has money ; and that with the exception of three or four kindred spirits , whose admiration for the bad man is equalled only by their fear of him , no one has ever been able to devise a way to avoid crossing him when he is in his normal condition . With three of the kindred spirits , Jud arrived in Corinth that day , with the earliest of the visitors , and the quartette proceeded , at once , to warm up after their long ride . By ten o'clock they were well warmed . Just as the ten-forty train was slowing up at the depot , Jud began his exhibition . It took place at the post office where the crowd was greatest , because of the incoming mail . Stationing himself near the door , the man from Windy Cove blocked the way for everyone who wanted to pass either in or out of the building .