six in
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She unfastened her wreath , took hold of her hair , which hung below her knees , cut it off , and made a plait which she knotted round Karl 's bare neck . Evening came . She talked at length with Benedict of the hour at which the funeral should take place on the morrow . As it was now but six in the evening , she begged him to see to all the details that would be so painful to the family , and indeed , almost as painful to him who had loved Frederic and Karl like two brothers . He was to order a wide oak coffin , himself : `` Why a wide one ? '' Benedict asked . Helen only answered : `` Do as I ask you , dear friend , and blessings will be upon you . ''