nine o’clock
Many agencies other than hers kept him informed of the state of affairs in Livonia . A bitter thought , this , for it showed Karl actuated by love of Hedwig , and not by greed of power . She feared that more than she feared death . She had expected to go to the lodge , but at nine o'clock that night Karl came to her , knocking at the door of her room and entering without waiting for permission . The room was small and cozy with firelight . Her scarlet cloak , flung over a chair , made a dash of brilliant color . Two lighted candles on a high carved chest , and between them a plaster figure of the Mother and Child , a built-in bed with white curtains -- that was the room .