Eight o'clock
`` I feel stifled , '' said she , `` let me walk a little . '' `` I will follow you , madam , '' said Lenhart . `` As you please , '' she answered . Eight o'clock was chiming from the cathedral . * * * * * At the same hour Benedict was just entering Helen 's room where Karl lay in his shroud . The two women , who had been entrusted with that pious duty , were praying by the bed , but Helen was absent . Benedict began by looking in every direction , expecting to see her praying in some corner , but not perceiving her in any , he enquired where she could be .