He proceeded therefore to give his assistance to Antonia, who by this time was truly in need of it.

She was conveyed to bed, while the Landlady busied herself in giving orders for Elvira's Burial.

Dame Jacintha was a plain good kind of Woman, charitable, generous, and devout: But her intellects were weak, and She was a Miserable Slave to fear and superstition.

She shuddered at the idea of passing the night in the same House with a dead Body: She was persuaded that Elvira's Ghost would appear to her, and no less certain that such a visit would kill her with fright.

From this persuasion, She resolved to pass the night at a Neighbour's, and insisted that the Funeral should take place the next day.