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It is more inconvenient than ruinous . ' ` Ah ! ' There was a faintness and oppression in the sound which made Lady Merrifield think the girl ought not to be left , and before long , sickness came on . Nurse Halfpenny had to be called up , and it was one o'clock before there was a quiet , comfortable sleep , which satisfied the aunt and nurse that it was safe to repair to their own beds again . The dreary , undefined self-reproach and vague alarms , intensified by the sullen , reserved temper , and culminating in such a shock , alienating the only persons she cared for , and filling her with terror for the future , could not but have a physical effect , and Dolores was found on the morrow with a bad head-ache , and altogether in a state to be kept in bed , with a fire in her room . Gillian and Mysie were much impressed by the intelligence of their cousin 's illness when they came to their mother 's room on the way to breakfast , and Mysie turned to her sister , saying , ` There Gill , you see she did care , though she did n't cry like us . Being ill is more than crying . '