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Toward ten o'clock, Catherine Lefevre and Louise, after having wished Hullin good-night, went up to sleep in the room over the large kitchen; in which there were two feather-beds, with curtains, striped with blue and red, reaching to the ceiling.
"Come," exclaimed the old woman, climbing up to hers on a chair -- "come, sleep well, my child. As for me, I am tired out, and almost asleep already."