"The doctor said you were getting well, and I determined I would not be kept out any longer.

What in the world do they banish _me_ for?
I am the best nurse in the universe, strong as a lion, and wakeful as an owl.

What do they shut you up in this dark room for ?--just to give you the blues!--It is all nonsense.

I am going to put back these curtains, and let in some light,--you will become etiolated.

I want to see how you look." Dashing at the curtains, she tossed two of them back as high as she could throw them, letting in a flood of sunshine to my weak and dazzled eyes.
"Don't! don't!" I entreated, getting dreadfully nervous and agitated; "I cannot bear it,--indeed I cannot." "Yes you can; you will be better in a moment,--it is only coming out of darkness into marvellous light,--a sudden change, that is all.