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Rh Periwinkle, and should try to remain quiet a little longer. I am glad to think you are out of danger.”

Immediately I heard my own name, everything crowded back to my memory in an instant, and with a sudden effort I raised my head. However, I felt weak, and had to let it fall again on the pillow, feeling at the same time a sharp, shooting pain in my back. I now felt very thirsty, and asked for a drink of water, and in doing so felt it a difficult matter to speak. She filled a small vessel from a jug on the table, and handed it to me. On tasting it, I found it was not water, for which I longed. However, it allayed my thirst, and I felt better.

I hereupon inquired where I was? She answered that this was Yeyema the Governor's house, and in reply to further inquiries said that I had been ill for a long time, and suffered from fever. However, that I had better try to sleep, and that she would leave me in the meantime, as she was anxious to be the first to convey the welcome tidings of my recovery to her father, the Governor. Saying this, she smiled and withdrew. I felt interested in her, but again feeling exhausted, I turned over on my side, and fell asleep. I slept