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"

Oh

no

,

child

!

It

is

not

likely

;

and

now

it

is

time

for

you

to

come

in

;

you

'll

catch

the

fever

if

you

stop

out

when

the

dew

is

falling

.

"

The

nurse

closed

the

front

door

;

I

went

in

by

the

side

entrance

which

led

to

the

schoolroom

:

I

was

just

in

time

;

it

was

nine

o'clock

,

and

Miss

Miller

was

calling

the

pupils

to

go

to

bed

.

It

might

be

two

hours

later

,

probably

near

eleven

,

when

I

--

not

having

been

able

to

fall

asleep

,

and

deeming

,

from

the

perfect

silence

of

the

dormitory

,

that

my

companions

were

all

wrapt

in

profound

repose

--

rose

softly

,

put

on

my

frock

over

my

night-dress

,

and

,

without

shoes

,

crept

from

the

apartment

,

and

set

off

in

quest

of

Miss

Temple

's

room

.

It

was

quite

at

the

other

end

of

the

house

;

but

I

knew

my

way

;

and

the

light

of

the

unclouded

summer

moon

,

entering

here

and

there

at

passage

windows

,

enabled

me

to

find

it

without

difficulty

.

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An

odour

of

camphor

and

burnt

vinegar

warned

me

when

I

came

near

the

fever

room

:

and

I

passed

its

door

quickly

,

fearful

lest

the

nurse

who

sat

up

all

night

should

hear

me

.

I

dreaded

being

discovered

and

sent

back

;

for

I

must

see

Helen

,

--

I

must

embrace

her

before

she

died

,

--

I

must

give

her

one

last

kiss

,

exchange

with

her

one

last

word

.

Having

descended

a

staircase

,

traversed

a

portion

of

the

house

below

,

and

succeeded

in

opening

and

shutting

,

without

noise

,

two

doors

,

I

reached

another

flight

of

steps

;

these

I

mounted

,

and

then

just

opposite

to

me

was

Miss

Temple

's

room

.

A

light

shone

through

the

keyhole

and

from

under

the

door

;

a

profound

stillness

pervaded

the

vicinity

.

Coming

near

,

I

found

the

door

slightly

ajar

;

probably

to

admit

some

fresh

air

into

the

close

abode

of

sickness

.

Indisposed

to

hesitate

,

and

full

of

impatient

impulses

--

soul

and

senses

quivering

with

keen

throes

--

I

put

it

back

and

looked

in

.

My

eye

sought

Helen

,

and

feared

to

find

death

.

Close

by

Miss

Temple

's

bed

,

and

half

covered

with

its

white

curtains

,

there

stood

a

little

crib

.

I

saw

the

outline

of

a

form

under

the

clothes

,

but

the

face

was

hid

by

the

hangings

:

the

nurse

I

had

spoken

to

in

the

garden

sat

in

an

easy-chair

asleep

;

an

unsnuffed

candle

burnt

dimly

on

the

table

.

Miss

Temple

was

not

to

be

seen

:

I

knew

afterwards

that

she

had

been

called

to

a

delirious

patient

in

the

fever-room

.

I

advanced

;

then

paused

by

the

crib

side

:

my

hand

was

on

the

curtain

,

but

I

preferred

speaking

before

I

withdrew

it

.

I

still

recoiled

at

the

dread

of

seeing

a

corpse

.

"

Helen

!

"

I

whispered

softly

,

"

are

you

awake

?

"

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She

stirred

herself

,

put

back

the

curtain

,

and

I

saw

her

face

,

pale

,

wasted

,

but

quite

composed

:

she

looked

so

little

changed

that

my

fear

was

instantly

dissipated

.

"

Can

it

be

you

,

Jane

?

"

she

asked

,

in

her

own

gentle

voice

.

"

Oh

!

"

I

thought

,

"

she

is

not

going

to

die

;

they

are

mistaken

:

she

could

not

speak

and

look

so

calmly

if

she

were

.

"

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