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This arrangement was known in Frankfort on the 9th , and as may be understood , filled the Chandroz house with despair . Emma would be separated from her husband and Helen from her lover . We have said that the Prussians were to leave first . At five in the morning Frederic said farewell to his wife , his child , his dear sister Helen , and the grandmother . It was too early for Karl von Freyberg to be in the house at that hour ; but he waited for his friend on the Zeil . He and Helen had agreed the evening before that after having seen Frederic off Karl should come back and wait for her in the little Catholic church of Notre Dame de la Croix . The harmony between the two young people was perfect .