midday
In vain he urged reason ; there was no gainsaying her : she brushed aside , without listening to it , his objection that their rooms in Leipzig would not be ready for them . Throwing back the bedclothes , she got up at once and dressed herself , with cold fingers , then flung herself upon the packing , helped and hindered by Amalie , who wept beside her . The hour that followed was like a bad dream . Finally , however , the luggage was carried downstairs , the bill paid , and the circumstantial good-byes were said : they set off , at full speed , down the woodpath to the station , to catch the midday train . Louise was white with exhaustion : her breath came sobbingly . In a firstclass carriage , he made her lie down on the seat . With her hand in his , he said what he could to comfort her ; for her face was tragic .