about five hours after noon
I thank thee -- All that I strove for and lived for , Thou , my Redeemer who art Love itself -- Ah how good , how comforting to think of that ! -- It is for this that Thou grantest me to die ! '' Again he lost consciousness ; his head grew very hot , his breath came hoarsely and his parched lips , though frequently moistened by careful hands , could only murmur the names of those he loved best , and among them that of Paula . At about five hours after noon he fell back on the hunchback 's knees ; he had ceased to suffer . A happy smile lighted up his features , and in death the old man 's calm face looked like that of a child . The gardener felt as though he had lost his own father , and his lively tongue remained speechless till he entered Doormat with the rescued sisters , and proceeded to carry out his master 's last orders . The abbess ' ship took the wounded captain Setnau on board , with his wife , his children , his brother the steersman , and the surviving ship-wrights .