Two o'clock
Surely it is in this state that people kill themselves . '' I heard the chimes again , and a duck quacked in the pond ; it was as the laugh of a devil . I turned from the window and stumbled over something ; I lighted a candle , and sat shivering on the shrouded bed . `` Two o'clock , '' thought I ; `` it is very cold . What shall I do ? Shall I sleep or die ? '' And , as it were with a flash , there came to me the thought that perhaps I was not the only one who sat at this moment coldly contemplating death .