about one o'clock
I wished to stay with him till all was over ; and as I had been witness of his life , to be witness also of his departure ; and therefore I never quitted him except when I was called off for a few minutes to attend some private business . The whole of this night I spent at his bed-side . Though he had passed the day in a state of insensibility , yet in the evening he made intelligible signs that he wished to have his bed put in order ; he was therefore lifted out in our arms , and the bed-clothes and pillows being hastily arranged , he was carried back again . He did not sleep ; and a spoonful of liquid , which was sometimes put to his lips , he usually pushed aside ; but about one o'clock in the night he himself made a motion towards the spoon , from which I collected that he was thirsty ; and I gave him a small quantity of wine and water sweetened ; but the muscles of his mouth had not strength enough to retain it , so that to prevent its flowing back he raised his hand to his lips , until with a rattling sound it was swallowed . He seemed to wish for more ; and I continued to give him more , until he said , in a way that I was just able to understand , -- ` It is enough . ' And these were his last words . At intervals he pushed away the bed-clothes , and exposed his person ; I constantly restored the clothes to their situation , and on one of these occasions I found that the whole body and extremities were already growing cold , and the pulse intermitting .