About ten o'clock
During the most vigorous and healthy period of his life , he had always been thin and emaciated ; but now , when age , illness , the severity of a sis months ' voyage , and , last of all , the hand of death , left their wasting traces upon his person , it would indeed be difficult to witness an image of penury more significant of its spirit . We must , however , do the old man justice . Since the loss of his money or rather since the trial and conviction of his son , or probably since the operation of both events upon his heart , he had seldom , if ever , by a single act or expression , afforded any proof that his avarice survived , or was able to maintain its hold upon him , against the shock which awakened the full power of a father 's love . About ten o'clock , a. m. , on the fourth day after their arrival , Connor , who had run over to the Bodagh 's , was hurriedly sent for by his mother , who desired Nelly M'Cormick to say that his father incessantly called for him , and that he must not lose a moment in coming . He returned immediately with her , and found the old man reclining in bed , supported by his wife , who sat behind him . `` Is my boy comin ' ? '' he said , in a thin , wiry , worn voice , but in words which , to any person near him , were as distinct almost as ever -- `` is my boy Connor comin ' ? ''