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IT was a good while, however, before I appreciated the state of the case. I understood, indeed, the words which were said to me, but they seemed to convey no real meaning to my mind. I lay still quite contentedly as long as Mrs. Lee bade me; and when, in the morning, she took me up and set me in a great chair by the window, I was just as contented there, with only one idea-namely, that the dream was lasting a long time, but that I should wake up pretty soon. The minister and his wife came to see me and were very kind, and Mrs. Lee and her daughter were unwearied in their attentions.
I believe Mr. Wyndham was much alarmed about me, but Mrs. Lee reassured him.