About four o’clock
Then Bonaparte made his way back to the cabin . He buttoned the door and put the table against it and , giving the dog a kick to silence his whining when the foot throbbed , he climbed into bed . He did not put out the light , for fear of the ghost , but , worn out with the sorrows of the day , was soon asleep himself . About four o'clock Waldo , lying between the seats of the horse-wagon , was awakened by a gentle touch on his head . Sitting up , he espied Bonaparte looking through one of the windows with a lighted candle in his hand . `` I 'm about to depart , my dear boy , before my enemies arise , and I could not leave without coming to bid you farewell , '' said Bonaparte . Waldo looked at him .