About midnight
He remembered the fitting words to Mrs. Hitchcock and her mother , Mrs. Marshall , and drove away , with his pale , silent mother . All the way home in a dream . Something awful had happened , and it was not always clear what it was , or how it had been brought about . About midnight the Painesville hearse drove up , accompanied by the four young pall-bearers , of the Painesville Bar , who attended the remains of their young brother . The coffin was deposited in the little parlor , and the carriages drove to Parker 's for the night . The stricken and lonely mother was in the sanctity of her own room . The children had cried themselves to sleep and forgetfulness .