"It didn't seem like five minutes, and I opened me eyes, and she was all quiet in the dark.

And I said to meself, 'I won't disturb the dear lamb,' and I crept into me room and tidied meself, and made a cup o' tay.

And still she kept so quiet; so I drank me tay and did a bit of work.

And then--just a minute ago it was--I crept in and went to her thinking it was time she woke up,--and--and--and she wasn't there, your honour.

The bed was laid up, and she was gone! Oh, what'll I do at all?
What'll I do ?" She burst into wild sobs, and hid her face in her apron.
Two or three people were standing about in the vestibule.