two in the morning
Tell him then , Father , only that I am dead , and that if He had any faults to me , I forgave him from my heart . This done , I have nothing more to ask for , than your prayers : Promise to remember my requests , and I shall resign my life without a pang or sorrow . ' Ambrosio engaged to comply with her desires , and proceeded to give her absolution . Every moment announced the approach of Antonia 's fate : Her sight failed ; Her heart beat sluggishly ; Her fingers stiffened , and grew cold , and at two in the morning She expired without a groan . As soon as the breath had forsaken her body , Father Pablos retired , sincerely affected at the melancholy scene . On her part , Flora gave way to the most unbridled sorrow . Far different concerns employed Ambrosio : He sought for the pulse whose throbbing , so Matilda had assured him , would prove Antonia 's death but temporal .