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After you became more calm and comfortable last night , I went down into the kitchen for the purpose of seeing them , but they had pleaded extreme weariness , and begged permission to retire . Father Châtelain tells me the blind man does not seem very right in his head ; and the whole body of servants were unanimous in praising the tenderness and care with which the boy attended upon his blind parent . But now , my dear Marie , listen to me ; you must not expose yourself to the risk of taking fresh cold after the attack of fever you suffered from last night , and , therefore , I recommend your keeping quite quiet all day , and not leaving the parlour at all . '' `` Nay , madame , I have promised M. le Curé to be at the rectory at five o'clock ; pray allow me to go , as I am expected . '' `` Indeed I can not , it would be very imprudent ; I can perceive you have passed a very bad night , your eyes are quite heavy . '' `` I have not been able to rest through the most frightful dreams which pursued me whenever I tried to sleep . I fancied myself in the power of a wicked woman who used to torment me most cruelly when I was a child ; and I kept starting up in dread and alarm .