Noon
`` One or two more or less will not hurt me , '' she said , with a pale , forced smile at herself in the mirror -- `` I am accustomed to it -- and I must have a good long sleep ! '' ******** ****** **** She had her way . Morning came , -- and she was still sleeping . Noon -- and nothing could waken her . Doctors , hastily summoned , did their best to rouse her to that life which with all its pains and possibilities still throbbed in the world around her -- but their efforts were vain . `` Suicide ? '' whispered one .