There she found Raynal knocking, and asking Josephine how she was.
"Pray leave her to me a moment," said she.

"I will bring her down to you.

Mamma is waiting for you in the salon." Raynal went down.

Rose unlocked the bedroom-door, went in, and, to her horror, found Josephine lying on the floor.

She dashed water in her face, and applied every remedy; and at last she came back to life, and its terrors.
"Save me, Rose! save me--he is coming to kill me--I heard him at the door," and she clung trembling piteously to Rose.
Then Rose, seeing her terror, was almost glad at the suicidal falsehood she had told.