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`` Look how calm _ he _ is ; so calm that one would think he was happy . '' And as Benedict was about to answer , she added : `` Go , go ; to-morrow at eight . '' * * * * * As Helen had foretold , the night was stormy ; with morning a terrible tempest broke out ; rain fell in torrents , accompanied by such flashes of lightning as are only seen in storms that announce or cause great misfortunes . At six o'clock the women who were to perform the last offices for Karl arrived . Helen had looked out the finest sheets she could find , and had spent a part of the night in embroidering them with Karl 's monogram and her own . Then , when her pious task was completed she did as she had said , lay down beside Karl on his bed and encircled by the double row of lighted candles , slept with as sound a sleep as though she were already in her grave . The two women , knocking at the door , awoke her .