Floracita uttered shriek upon shriek, while Madame Guirlande and Tulipa vainly tried to pacify her.

The doctor at last persuaded her to swallow some valerian, and Tulipa carried her in her arms and laid her on the bed.

Madame Guirlande led Rosa away, and the two sisters lay beside each other, on the same pillows where they had dreamed such happy dreams the night before.

Floracita, stunned by the blow that had fallen on her so suddenly, and rendered drowsy by the anodyne she had taken, soon fell into an uneasy slumber, broken by occasional starts and stifled sobs.
Rosabella wept silently, but now and then a shudder passed over her, that showed how hard she was struggling with grief.

After a short time, Flora woke up bewildered.