I cannot explain now.

I have been really poisoned and I feel ill and weak.

Do not go out to-morrow before I see you." He left her, but she did not sleep all night.

In spite of what she had gone through on that evening and of all the mental suffering of many days, she was stronger still than any one knew.

It was between two and three in the morning when she lighted a candle, wrapped herself in a dressing-gown and began to make certain preparations for the day.
In the first place she locked both her doors very softly, and arranged a stocking over each keyhole, twisting it round the keys themselves.