about five in the afternoon
Charles could only reply by exclaiming -- `` America ! -- my wife ! -- my child ! '' Having ascertained where he would find his parents , early on the following morning he departed , and about five in the afternoon approached the village where he had been told they resided . When near the little burying-ground , he stopped to look upon the most melancholy funeral procession he had ever witnessed . The humble coffin was scarce coloured , and they who bore it seemed tired of their burden . Three or four aged and poor-looking people walked behind it .