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`` Then go to rest , '' replied the widow . `` I 'll sleep in the next room and leave the door open . In darkness and silence -- whims come . '' Maria kissed her sister-in-law with sincere affection , and lay down in bed ; but she found no sleep , and tossed restlessly to and fro until near midnight . Hearing Barbara cough in the next room , she sat up and asked : `` Sister-in-law , are you asleep ? '' `` No , child . Do you feel ill ? ''