ten o'clock
`` I ` spec ' he 's changed his name . De man I knows is name ' Johnson . He b ` longs ter my chu ` ch . I 'm gwine out dat way ter git a passenger fer de ten o'clock train , an I 'll take you by dere . '' They followed one of the least handsome streets of the city for more than a mile , turned into a cross street , and drew up before a small frame house , from the front of which a sign , painted in white upon a black background , announced to the reading public , in letters inclined to each other at various angles , that whitewashing and kalsomining were `` dun '' there . A knock at the door brought out a slatternly looking colored woman . She had evidently been disturbed at her toilet , for she held a comb in one hand , and the hair on one side of her head stood out loosely , while on the other side it was braided close to her head .