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`` Thanks to your kindness , I had such a good sleep this afternoon that I feel strong and rested , '' he replied , with a smile . `` I fear you say so to put my mind at rest ; '' but even as she spoke her eyes closed and she went to sleep like a tired and trusting child . As with Dennis a few hours before , the limit of nature 's endurance had been reached , and the wealthy , high-born Miss Ludolph , who on Sabbath night had slept in the midst of artistic elegance and luxury , now , on Monday night , rested in a vacant grave under the open and storm-gathering sky . Soon -- to be accurate , at two o'clock on the morning of Tuesday -- rain began to fall . But , with all the discomfort it brought , never had rain been more welcome . Christine shivered in her sleep , and Dennis looked around vainly for some additional covering . The thronging fugitives were all in a similar plight , and their only course was simply to endure till some path of escape opened .