ten o'clock
All that night , Professor Valeyon carried an aching and mistrustful heart ; but Cornelia had a red spot in either cheek , never fading nor shifting . Sophie appeared to wander several times , murmuring something about darkness , and snow , and deadly weariness . A snow-storm had set in toward evening , and lasted until daybreak , a circumstance which seemed to cause Sophie considerable anxiety . By ten o'clock all the preparations were made according to Sophie 's wish , and there was nothing to do but to wait . Cornelia sat brooding with folded arms , and the feverish spots on her cheeks . Occasionally she restlessly varied her position , seldom allowing her eyes to stray around the room , however , save that once in a while they sought Sophie 's colorless , ethereal face , as a thirsty soul the water . The professor stood much at the window , and once or twice he imagined he caught a glimpse , somewhere down the road , of a darkly-clad woman 's figure ; but she never came nearer , and he decided it must be a hallucination of his fading eyes .