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said Helen . `` I do . But not only of him and you was I thinking , but of myself and those who judge of me falsely from coincidences , attributing to me designs which I never had , and actions of which I am incapable . '' She suddenly raised herself in her bed , and was going to say more , but the pendule striking at that instant two o'clock , she stopped abruptly , kissed Helen , and sent her away . Helen gathered together and carried away with her all the books , that Lady Davenant might not be tempted to look at them more . As she had several piled on one arm , and had a taper in her hand , she was somewhat encumbered , and , though she managed to open the bed-room door , and to shut it again without letting any of the books fall , and crossed the little ante-room between the bed-chamber and dressing-room safely , yet , as she was opening the dressing-room door , and taking too much or too little care of some part of her pyramid of books , down came the whole pile with a noise which , in the stillness of the night , sounded tremendous . She was afraid it would disturb Lady Davenant , and was going back to tell her what it was , when she was startled by hearing , as she thought , the moving of a chair or table in the dressing-room : she stopped short to listen -- all was silent ; she thought she had mistaken the direction in which the noise came .