nine o'clock
The arrival of the few ships necessary to this primitive commerce makes the only other break in the monotonous existence of the little colony . At the approach of winter the Indiana scatter , and the officials and the solitary priest are prisoners until the spring once more opens for them the doors of the outside world . Here it was , on the evening of the 11th of April , 1782 , that the priest sate with his companions in the house of the principal official . At nine o'clock he rose and said good-night to his hosts in his usual manner , but suddenly his whole appearance changed . Drawing back , he raised his hand , and said , in tones of deepest earnestness : `` My friends , it is not only ` good-night , ' it is ` good-bye . ' Good-bye for all time , for you will never see me again alive . To-night at twelve I shall be called hence . ''