about noon
To all their inquiries she answered nothing , but only implored them to put her to bed and let her rest ; above all , she prayed most piteously that they would tell no one that she was there . This they promised to do ; and , indeed , it would have been difficult for them to have informed about her , since none at the inn had ever seen her before , or had the remotest idea who she could be . Full of pity and sympathy , they put her to bed , and the landlady watched over her most assiduously . All the morning she slept profoundly ; but at about noon she waked with a scream , like one who has been roused from some fearful dream . After that she grew steadily worse . Fever set in , and became more and more violent every moment . In their anxiety to do what she had requested , and keep her secret , they did not send immediately for a doctor .