So the three succeeded in relieving the sufferer.
Frado returned to her work.

Mrs.B.followed.Seizing Frado, she said she would "cure her of tale-bearing," and, placing the wedge of wood between her teeth, she beat her cruelly with the raw-hide.

Aunt Abby heard the blows, and came to see if she could hinder them.
Surprised at her sudden appearance, Mrs.B.suddenly stopped, but forbade her removing the wood till she gave her permission, and commanded Nab to go home.
She was thus tortured when Mr.Bellmont came in, and, making inquiries which she did not, because she could not, answer, approached her; and seeing her situation, quickly removed the instrument of torture, and sought his wife.

Their conversation we will omit; suffice it to say, a storm raged which required many days to exhaust its strength.
Frado was becoming seriously ill.

She had no relish for food, and was constantly overworked, and then she had such solicitude about the future.