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In the meantime, thanks to my excellent 

 constitution and the highly skilful manner 

 in which I was treated, I turned the corner 

 and began very slowly to recover. I re- 

 mained for days in a dazed state, and 

 my head was constantly aching; every- 

 thing seemed dark and dismal, and my 

 dreams and thoughts were always of the 

 most gloomy character. This went on for 

 weeks, but, at last, a little light began to 

 penetrate the darkness and gloom of my 

 mind, and then there came a decided 

 change for the better ; I gradually re- 

 sumed my full consciousness and com- 

 prehended that I had been very danger- 

 ously ill. I was so weak that I could not 

 stand, and, as to raising hand or foot, 

 you might almost as well have invited 

 me to accompany a bird in its flight 

 through the air. I cannot imagine any- 



