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The next morning Eugene was ill. He was not a very strong boy, and he had had more excitement and mental anxiety during the last few days than his slender frame and sensitive soul could withstand.
For some days he was obliged to keep his bed, where he was faithfully waited on by the keepers of his pretty prison.