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 a wish to be brought out into the fresh air. They brought her into the garden and put her sitting on a chair, and she remained there about half an hour, taking nothing but a little cold water mixed with salt. At last she declared herself strong enough to drive home, and they helped her to the carriage.

She did not say another word about the child. Nobody but Naninka seemed to remember it, for Cvok was constantly about the sick lady, trying to do what he could for her. The carriage set off at last, and drove slowly with her to Labutín.

As soon as she was gone, Cvok gave a sigh of relief, as if a great load had fallen from his mind.

The sky had become overcast in the mean time, and pleasant shower of rain came down on the parched felds and dusty roads. An agreeable cooling wind blew over the landscape, and refreshed the baroness wonderfully.

Before they reached Labutín, she had recovered so much that she looked quite as usual when she arrived at the castle. She also ordered all her three attendants strictly not to let out a word about her having been at the priest’s house in Záluz̓í, nor about what had happened there. 3em