about twelve o'clock
`` Mamma , '' said one of the boys , gently touching her arm , `` are you going to give away those things ? '' `` My dear boys , '' she said , softly and earnestly , `` if our dear , loving , little Henry looks down from heaven , he would be glad to have us do this . I could not find it in my heart to give them away to any common person -- to anybody that was happy ; but I give them to a mother more heart-broken and sorrowful than I am ; and I hope God will send his blessings with them ! '' Mr. Bird returned about twelve o'clock with the carriage . `` Mary , '' said he , coming in with his overcoat in his hand , you must wake her up now . `` We must be off . '' Soon arrayed in a cloak , bonnet , and shawl that had belonged to her benefactress , poor Eliza appeared at the door with her child in her arms .