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seeing their dear faces again had brought 

 a reaction that I tumbled off my chair in 

 a dead faint, much to their dismay and 

 consternation. They ran about, not know- 

 ing what to do, till my Bengalee, hearing 

 the row, came rushing in, carried me into 

 the air and sprinkled water over my face, 

 and in time I came round, much to the 

 relief of my kind visitors ; but I knew I 

 must give up the idea of shooting in the 

 morning, as I was so weak I could hardly 

 walk without assistance, and I felt so ut- 

 terly done that there was nothing for it 

 but to lie quietly on my bed. 



The evening was so fine that I had the 

 dinner laid out under a tree, where my 

 friends conversed in quiet tones so that I 

 might not be disturbed by their talking. 

 I felt very ill and thought I was laid up, 

 and in for another attack : as the night 



