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`` Humph ! Go on . Tell me about the manner of their finding you , '' said Herbert , scarcely able to repress his indignation . `` Well , when after -- let me see -- eighty-four -- ninety -- ninety six hours of incessant watching , riding and walking , I was set on guard to keep the morning watch between four o'clock and eight , ` my whole head was sick and my whole heart faint ' ; my frame was sinking ; my soul could scarcely hold my body upright . In addition to this physical suffering was the mental anguish of feeling that these men had resolved upon my death , and thinking of my dear mother and Clara , whose hearts would be broken by my fall . Oh ! the thought of them at this moment quite unmans me .