nine in the evening
They say , very low : `` He 's going to die -- in one hour from now , or two . He 's in such a state that to-morrow morning he 'll be rotten . He must be taken away on the moment . '' At nine in the evening they say that , and then they put the lights out and go away . I can see nothing more but him . There is the one lamp , close by , watching over him . He pants and trickles .