Eleven o'clock
Would she not prefer to espouse death itself rather than that living corpse ? She did not know that on her acceptance or refusal depended the awful fate of many members of the human race ! Eleven o'clock to-morrow evening ! And we dragged ourselves through the darkness , feeling our way to the stone steps , for the light in the trap-door overhead that led to the room of mirrors was now extinguished ; and we repeated to ourselves : `` Eleven o'clock to-morrow evening ! '' At last , I found the staircase . But , suddenly I drew myself up on the first step , for a terrible thought had come to my mind : `` What is the time ? '' Ah , what was the time ?