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           Certainitisthatsheavailsherselfofthepresentopportunityofhoveringoverherkinsman’slettersandpaperslikeabird,takingashortpeckatthisdocumentandablinkwithherheadononesideatthatdocument,andhoppingaboutfromtabletotablewithherglassathereyeinaninquisitiveandrestlessmanner.Inthecourseoftheseresearchesshestumblesoversomething,andturningherglassinthatdirection,seesherkinsmanlyingonthegroundlikeafelledtree.Volumnia’spetlittlescreamacquiresaconsiderableaugmentationofrealityfromthissurprise,andthehouseisquicklyincommotion.Servantstearupanddownstairs,bellsareviolentlyrung,doctorsaresentfor,andLadyDedlockissoughtinalldirections,butnotfound.Nobodyhasseenorheardhersinceshelastrangherbell.HerlettertoSirLeicesterisdiscoveredonhertable,butitisdoubtfulyetwhetherhehasnotreceivedanothermissivefromanotherworldrequiringtobepersonallyanswered,andallthelivinglanguages,andallthedead,areasonetohim.Theylayhimdownuponhisbed,andchafe,andrub,andfan,andputicetohishead,andtryeverymeansofrestoration.Howbeit,thedayhasebbedaway,anditisnightinhisroombeforehisstertorousbreathinglullsorhisfixedeyesshowanyconsciousnessofthecandlethatisoccasionallypassedbeforethem.Butwhenthischangebegins,itgoeson;andbyandbyhenodsormoveshiseyesorevenhishandintokenthathehearsandcomprehends.

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