"Who was with you when you revived?"
"No one, sir, but the broad day. I rose, bathed my head and face
in water, drank a long draught; felt that though enfeebled I was
not ill, and determined that to none but you would I impart this
vision. Now, sir, tell me who and what that woman was?"
"The creature of an over-stimulated brain; that is certain. I must
be careful of you, my treasure: nerves like yours were not made
for rough handling."
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