One o'clock in the morning
Rapid footsteps , mingled with imprecations , sounded close at hand , the curtain was drawn aside from this mournful scene , and Dagobert entered precipitately , pale , haggard , his dress in disorder . At sight of Gabriel and the Sister of Charity kneeling beside the corpses of his children , the soldier uttered a terrible roar , and tried to advance -- but in vain -- for , before Gabriel could reach him , Dagobert fell flat on the ground , and his gray head struck violently on the floor . It is night -- a dark and stormy night . One o'clock in the morning has just sounded from the church of Montmartre . It is to the cemetery of Montmartre that is carried the coffin which , according to the last wishes of Rose and Blanche contains them both . Through the thick shadow , which rests upon that field of death , may be seen moving a pale light . It is the gravedigger .