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They may have got in , somewhere , before it got to the worst . If not , it must have gone hard with them . '' Finding that there was nothing to be done , and that he was much more stiff and bruised than he had believed , Jim made his way back again , and turned into bed ; where he soon fell asleep , and did not wake until the following morning . One of the grooms had come down from the Hall , at six o'clock , to inquire how he was , and the message given by the girl , that he had been out , but that he had come back and was now sound asleep , satisfied Mrs. Walsham , and enabled her to devote her undivided attention to her charge , who needed her care more than her son . Before night , indeed , the squire had sent down to Sidmouth for Dr. Walsham 's successor , who said that Aggie was very feverish , and must be kept perfectly quiet for some days . He sent her up a soothing draught , and Mrs. Walsham sat up with her all night . She slept but little , and talked almost incessantly , sometimes rambling a little .