eight
o'clock
Full of excitement from these thoughts , Berenice could not sleep ; but tossed from side to side in her bed like one suffering from pain or fever . Her faithful attendant , who had loved her mistress well enough to leave home and country and follow her across the seas to the Western World , lay awake anxiously listening to her restless motions until near morning , when , overcome by watching , she fell asleep . The maid , who had been the first to close her eyes , was the first to open them . Remembering her mistress ' order to be called at eight o'clock , she sprang out of bed and looked at her watch . To her consternation she found that it was half-past nine . She flew to her mistress ' room and threw open the blinds , letting in a flood of morning light . And then she went to the bedside and drew back the curtains and looked upon the face of the sleeper .