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We returned to the house , more panic struck than I can describe . On the next day , we learned by a messenger , who had ridden hard the greater part of the night , that my sister was dead . On Sunday evening , she had retired to bed rather unwell , and , on Monday , her indisposition declared itself unequivocally to be malignant fever . She became hourly worse , and , on Tuesday night , a little after midnight , she expired . -LSB- B -RSB- I mention this circumstance , because it was one upon which a thousand wild and fantastical reports were founded , though one would have thought that the truth scarcely required to be improved upon ; and again , because it produced a strong and lasting effect upon my spirits , and indeed , I am inclined to think , upon my character . I was , for several years after this occurrence , long after the violence of my grief subsided , so wretchedly low-spirited and nervous , that I could scarcely be said to live , and during this time , habits of indecision , arising out of a listless acquiescence in the will of others , a fear of encountering even the slightest opposition , and a disposition to shrink from what are commonly called amusements , grew upon me so strongly , that I have scarcely even yet , altogether overcome them . We saw nothing more of Mr. Carew .