I brought everything that's needed in my bag, and I am going down to the kitchen myself.

But how in the world did she come to stay on the garret floor all night?
She couldn't have been in a swoon all that time." "No," answered Ralph; "she told me she came to her senses, she didn't know when, but that everything was pitch dark about her, and feeling dreadfully tired and weak, she put her head down on her arm, and tried to think why she was lying on such a hard floor, and then she must have dropped into the heavy sleep in which I found her.

She was tired out with her journey and the excitement.

Do you think she is in danger, Miss Panney ?" "Don't believe it," said the old lady.

"She looks strong, and these young things get well before you know it." "Now, my young lady," said Miss Panney, as she stood by Miriam's bedside, with a steaming bowl, "you may drink the whole of this, but you mustn't ask me for any more, and then you may go to sleep, and to-morrow morning you can get up and skip around and see what sort of a place Cobhurst is by daylight." "I can't wait until to-morrow for that," said Miriam, "and is that tea or medicine ?" "It's both, my dear; sit up and drink it off." Miriam still eyed the bowl.