'I wonder why the man went on when he was so tired.

What a stupid man he must be!' Gertrude and Linda both laughed in order to comfort her and bring her round.
'Do you know, I think it was because he didn't know how to say 'stop' in English;' and then she burst out laughing again, and that led to another fit of hysterical tears.
When they reached home Gertrude and Linda soon got her into bed.
Linda was to sleep with her, and she also was not very long in laying her head on her pillow.

But before she did so Katie was fast asleep, and twice in her sleep she cried out, 'Oh, Charley! Oh, Charley!' Then Linda guessed how it was with her sister, and in the depths of her loving heart she sorrowed for the coming grief which she foresaw.
When the morning came Katie was feverish, and had a headache.

It was thought better that she should remain in town, and Alaric took Linda down to Hampton.

The next day Mrs.Woodward came up, and as the invalid was better she took her home.