It was no unusual thing for him to work all night and far into the next day, so no one thought to be surprised.

When, however, evening came, and yet he did not appear, his servants gathered outside the room and whispered, remembering what had happened once before.
"They listened, but could hear no sound.

They shook the door and called to him, then beat with their fists upon the wooden panels.

But still no sound came from the room.
"Becoming alarmed, they decided to burst open the door, and, after many blows, it gave way, and they crowded in.
"He sat bolt upright in his high-backed chair.

They thought at first he had died in his sleep.