I must give him a draught to allay the fever, and compose his nerves--for in this state I dare not have recourse to the lancet." With this he dressed the tumour; and pouring the contents of a large phial which he had brought with him in a cup, he held it to the burning lips of the apprentice, who eagerly quaffed it.

It was soon apparent that the dose produced a salutary effect, and a second was administered.
Still the sufferer, though calmer, continued to ramble as before--complained that his veins were filled with molten lead--entreated them to plunge him in a stream, so that he might cool his intolerable thirst, and appeared to be in great agony.

Doctor Hodges watched by him till daybreak, at which time he sank into a slumber; and Solomon Eagle, who had never till then relinquished his hold of him, now ventured to resign his post.

The doctor was then about to depart; but at the urgent solicitation of Nizza, who had stationed herself at the door of the cell, he agreed to remain a little longer.
Two hours after this, the doors of the cathedral were opened, and a large crowd soon assembled within the nave, as on the preceding day.

The tumult of voices reached the cell and awakened the sleeper.