CHAPTER III. 



HE drink she gave 

 Q, me was a sedative, 

 for I did not awake 

 until the evening, 

 when I was glad to 

 observe that the 

 dreadful pains in my 

 head were abating, 

 and the burning sen- 

 sation was leaving 

 me; so, feeling 

 easier, I naturally imagined I was a little 

 better, and could see, by my nurse's face, 



