quarter of an hour the candle was extinguished, and but for the
wind, which rattled sashes and doors, and made ghostly sounds in the
chimneys, there was silence throughout the house.

Something awoke Clara before dawn. She sat up, and became aware that
Jane was talking and crying wildly, evidently re-acting in her sleep
the scene of a few hours ago. With difficulty Clara broke her
slumber.

'Don't you feel well, Jane?' she asked, noticing a strangeness in
the child's way of replying to her.

'Not very, miss. My head's bad, an' I'm so thirsty. May I drink out
of the jug, miss?'

'Stay where you are. I'll bring it to you.'

Jane drank a great deal. Presently she fell again into slumber,
which was again broken in the same way. Clara did not go to sleep,
and as soon as it was daylight she summoned her father to come and
look at the child. Jane was ill, and, as everyone could see, rapidly
grew worse.





CHAPTER V

JANE IS VISITED