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Chapter IX

           AnodourofcamphorandburntvinegarwarnedmewhenIcamenearthefeverroom:andIpasseditsdoorquickly,fearfullestthenursewhosatupallnightshouldhearme. Idreadedbeingdiscoveredandsentback; forImustseeHelen,Imustembraceherbeforeshedied,Imustgiveheronelastkiss,exchangewithheronelastword. 

           Havingdescendedastaircase,traversedaportionofthehousebelow,andsucceededinopeningandshutting,withoutnoise,twodoors,Ireachedanotherflightofsteps;theseImounted,andthenjustoppositetomewasMissTemple’sroom. Alightshonethroughthekeyholeandfromunderthedoor;aprofoundstillnesspervadedthevicinity. Comingnear,Ifoundthedoorslightlyajar;probablytoadmitsomefreshairintothecloseabodeofsickness. Indisposedtohesitate,andfullofimpatientimpulsessoulandsensesquiveringwithkeenthroesIputitbackandlookedin. MyeyesoughtHelen,andfearedtofinddeath. 

           ClosebyMissTemple’sbed,andhalfcoveredwithitswhitecurtains,therestoodalittlecrib. Isawtheoutlineofaformundertheclothes,butthefacewashidbythehangings: thenurseIhadspokentointhegardensatinaneasy-chairasleep;anunsnuffedcandleburntdimlyonthetable. MissTemplewasnottobeseen: Iknewafterwardsthatshehadbeencalledtoadeliriouspatientinthefever-room. Iadvanced;thenpausedbythecribside:myhandwasonthecurtain,butIpreferredspeakingbeforeIwithdrewit. Istillrecoiledatthedreadofseeingacorpse. 

           "Helen!"Iwhisperedsoftly,"areyouawake?" 

           Shestirredherself,putbackthecurtain,andIsawherface,pale,wasted,butquitecomposed: shelookedsolittlechangedthatmyfearwasinstantlydissipated. 

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