eight in the morning
Love is as strong as life itself . Karl seemed to sleep ; it was evident that , as no blood flowed to it , the brain was in a state of torpor ; but every time a spoonful of syrup of digitalis was placed in his mouth he absorbed it better . Benedict 's work was to renew the ice which dripped upon the arm , washing the wound made first by the cuirassier 's sabre and then by the doctor 's lancet . Towards eight in the morning Emma came into the room for news of the wounded man . She found Helen asking Benedict for more ice . He was an entire stranger to Emma , but by a flash of intuition she guessed him to be the man who had spared her husband 's life . She was thanking him when Hans came to announce Fellner .