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On returning to Mrs. Van Reypen's room, Patty found that lady sleeping quietly, so she herself went to bed on a couch in the dressing-room adjoining. Next morning, the patient was weak and ill, and when the doctor arrived he sent at once for two nurses. Patty went home, feeling sad, for she feared her kind old friend might not survive this illness.
But Nan cheered her up, saying that while grip was sometimes a serious matter, more often, it was light and of short duration.