two o'clock
Keeping to windward of it , and using the spade as a lever , I contrived with great labor to place it on the truck . I wheeled it without accident to the landing place , where , by placing the shafts of the truck upon the stern of the boat and lifting the foot by main strength , I succeeded in embarking my load after twenty minutes ' toil , during which I got covered with clay and perspiration , and several times all but upset the boat . At the southern bank I had less difficulty in getting the coffin ashore , dragging it up to the graveyard . It was now past two o'clock , and the dawn had begun ; so that I had no further trouble for want of light . I wheeled the coffin to a patch of loamy soil which I had noticed in the afternoon near the grave of the holy sisters . I had warmed to my work ; my neck no longer pained me ; and I began to dig vigorously , soon making a shallow trench , deep enough to hide the coffin with the addition of a mound . The chill pearl-coloured morning had by this time quite dissipated the darkness .