Pathetique.

At 5:30 A.M. he was at his table, beating time with handsand feet, humming and writing. After breakfast he hurried outside to wander in the fields, calling, waving his arms about, moving slowly, then very abruptly stopping to scribble something in his notebook

At about 5:45 in the afternoon of 26 March, 1827, as a storm raged, Beethoven's room was suddenly filled with light and shaken with thunder: Beethoven's eyes opened and he lifted his right fist for several seconds, a serious, threatening expression onhis face. When his had fell back, he half closed his eyes ...

Not another word, not another heartbeat.