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I assured her I would do my best to prevent any such attempt on his part , and making her promise to try to go to sleep , left her once more . Nor was either of the patients disturbed again during the night . Both slept , as it appeared , refreshingly . In the morning , that is , before eight o'clock , the old doctor made his welcome appearance , and pronounced both quite as well as he had expected to find them . In another hour , he had sent young Tom to take my place , and my sister to take his father 's . I was determined that none of the gossips of the village should go near the invalid if I could help it ; for , though such might be kind-hearted and estimable women , their place was not by such a couch as that of Catherine Weir . I enjoined my sister to be very gentle in her approaches to her , to be careful even not to seem anxious to serve her , and so to allow her to get gradually accustomed to her presence , not showing herself for the first day more than she could help , and yet taking good care she should have everything she wanted .