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added, 'My head burns, I believe I am not well O! could I strike froures, that rise up, like furies, to

torment me!--I see them, when I sleep, and, when I am awake, they are

still before my eyes! I see them no!'

She stood in a fixed attitude of horror, her straining eyesOne of the nuns

gently took her hand, to lead her frones becaain, and, sighing deeply,

said, 'They are gone--they are gone! I am feverish, I know not what I

say I aain, I shall soon be

better Was not that the vesper-bell?'

'No,' replied Frances, 'the evening service is passed Let Margaret lead

you to your cell' 'You are right,' replied sister Agnes, 'I shall be better there Good

night, my sisters, remember me in your orisons'

When they had withdrawn, Frances, observing Emily's emotion, said, 'Do

not be alarh I have not

lately seen her so frantic; her usualon, for several days; seclusion and the customary treatment

will restore her' 'But how rationally she conversed, at first!' observed Emily, 'her ideas

followed each other in perfect order'