eleven o'clock
Her body seemed to get smaller and smaller , quite shrunk together she lay there . It almost looked as if in death she did not venture to take up even the small space which she had occupied during her lifetime . `` Aunt filled the house with her loathsome sobbing , and the others , too , were weeping ; I alone remained without tears . `` When towards eleven o'clock she had drawn her last breath , I fell into a delirium . * * * * * `` Just now I have returned from the manor . `` He was good and kind towards me , and in his eyes there gleamed a half-hidden , bashful tenderness , which my soul drank in eagerly . I feel as if a new spring-time must be coming , my heart is full of smiles and laughter , and when I close my eyes golden sunlight rays seem to be dancing round about me .