about eight at night
None of these men would trust another , none would consent to stay behind . On the other hand , although the Master seemed extremely low , spoke scarce above a whisper , and lay much of the time insensible , it was still possible it was a fraudulent sickness ; and if all went treasure-hunting , it might prove they had gone upon a wild-goose chase , and return to find their prisoner flown . They concluded , therefore , to hang idling round the camp , alleging sympathy to their reason ; and certainly , so mingled are our dispositions , several were sincerely -LRB- if not very deeply -RRB- affected by the natural peril of the man whom they callously designed to murder . In the afternoon , Hastie was called to the bedside to pray : the which -LRB- incredible as it must appear -RRB- he did with unction ; about eight at night , the wailing of Secundra announced that all was over ; and before ten , the Indian , with a link stuck in the ground , was toiling at the grave . Sunrise of next day beheld the Master 's burial , all hands attending with great decency of demeanour ; and the body was laid in the earth , wrapped in a fur robe , with only the face uncovered ; which last was of a waxy whiteness , and had the nostrils plugged according to some Oriental habit of Secundra 's . No sooner was the grave filled than the lamentations of the Indian once more struck concern to every heart ; and it appears this gang of murderers , so far from resenting his outcries , although both distressful and -LRB- in such a country -RRB- perilous to their own safety , roughly but kindly endeavoured to console him . But if human nature is even in the worst of men occasionally kind , it is still , and before all things , greedy ; and they soon turned from the mourner to their own concerns .