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She was then carried away into one of the best negro quarters and laid upon a bed , and attended by her mother and her maid Maria . The commodore , with his wife , found shelter in another quarter . And the few remaining members of the household were accommodated in a similar manner elsewhere . It was near noon before they were all ready to set forth from the scene of disaster , and it was the middle of the afternoon when they found themselves temporarily settled at the little hotel at Benedict in the very apartments formerly occupied by Edith and Marian . Here Jacquelina suffered a long and severe spell of illness , during which her bright hair was cut off . And here beautiful Marian came , with her gift of tender nursing , and devoted herself day and night to the service of the young invalid . And all the leisure time she found while sitting by the sick bed she busily employed in making up clothing for the almost denuded family .