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But when he was gone , she took Lydia to her own room again , and showed her all her jewelry , and passed the time in making changes in the girl 's toilette . It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins , and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him . They saw in each other 's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost . At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly , `` Go to bed , Lydia ! '' Then the girl broke down , and abandoned herself in a storm of tears . `` Do n't cry , dear , do n't cry , '' pleaded her aunt . `` He will be here in the morning , I know he will .