9 P.M.
When the surgeon left them , they fell naturally upon another topic , the pledge they had given Dodd about the L. 14,000 . They ascertained it was upon him , next his skin ; but it seemed as unnecessary as it was repugnant to remove it from his living person . They agreed , however , that instantly on his decease they would take possession of it , note the particulars , seal it up , and carry it to Mrs. Dodd , with such comfort as they could hope to give her by relating the gallant act in which his precious life was lost . At 9 P.M. the surgeon took his place by Dodd 's bedside ; and the pair , whom one thing after another had drawn so close together , retired to Kenealy 's cabin . Many a merry chat they had had there , and many a gaseonade , being rival hunters ; but now they were together for physical companionship in sorrow rather than for conversation . They smoked their cigars in moody silence , and at midnight shook hands with a sigh and parted . That sigh meant to say that in the morning all would be over .