midnight
Helen was sitting on the bed and looking at Karl . Even as she no longer wept she now no longer prayed . What had she left to ask of Heaven now that Karl was dead ? Towards midnight her mother and sister , who had been praying , and who understood her calmness no more than Benedict did , went to their own rooms . Helen embraced them sadly but without tears and asked that the little child might be brought , so that she might kiss him too . She held him some time in her arms and then gave him back to his mother . When she was left alone with Benedict she said to him : `` Pray take some hours ' rest , either here or at home ; do not be uneasy about me .