about midnight
Besides he now felt his heart calm ; he wanted to die in peace . What need had he to make a confession to the deputy of God , since he had just done so to his son , who constituted his own family ? He received the last rites , was purified and absolved , in the midst of his friends and his servants on their bended knees , without any movement of his face indicating that he still lived . He expired about midnight , after four hours ' convulsive movements , which showed that he must have suffered dreadfully in his last moments . * * * * * It was on the following Tuesday that they buried him , the shooting opened on Sunday . On his return home , after having accompanied his father to the cemetery , César Hautot spent the rest of the day weeping .