ten o'clock at night
They laid him in the upper room in Mrs. Tod 's cottage . Then I went home to tell his wife . * * * * * She was at last composed , as we thought , lying on her bed , death-like almost , but calm . It was ten o'clock at night . I left her with all her children watching round her . I went out , up to Rose Cottage , to sit an hour by myself alone , looking at him whom I should not see again for -- as he had said -- `` a little while . '' `` A little while -- a little while . ''