About six in the morning
He had done exactly the opposite of what he had intended . He had become what he had no wish to be : that was the balance-sheet of his life . He did not go to bed . About six in the morning it was still dark , -- he heard Gottfried getting ready to depart . -- For Gottfried had had no intentions of staying on . As he was passing the town he had come as usual to embrace his sister and nephew : but he had announced that he would go on next morning . Christophe went downstairs .