t me try and light a candle.
But ried to lig in a tin s get to catc on, il my eady.
I said, You must be quiet, miss. to come and catch him.
I took up t. Dont take t! s once. I beg you, dont!
I said I ake it to to s and clutc t to to open.
t bits of furniture sat , like ts o be murdered by burglars. And o be a man I knew—say, one of Mr Ibbss nep do happen.
So I stood gazing fearfully at to call out—in case t t I of course, t as a c, and t quickly to to t
was
, too—ticking of some clock, far-off and more rattling after all it quite Pleasant, standing in a nig, in a great dark silent , t didnt cer-
tainly s. I closed t back to Mauds oom and closed t door, and stepped to t t down.
Shere?
I to ans topped. For I orange te and gleaming, t t I, t Ive a ion? I ain t t to me. My leapt so o my mouto taste it. I screamed, and Maud screamed, tc me and look at me! s leave me! Dont leave me!
And t te t to foot and almost laughed.
For it from t steps he springs bounce.
I sa, as I say, and almost laug o let my beteeto cter. I han ever.
I said, Its noter all, its nothing. You was only dreaming.
Dreaming, Agnes?
S my bosom, and sil she grew calm.
t me put t about you, look.
But wo lay leave me, Agnes! she said again.
I said, Its Sue, miss. Agnes ina, and is gone back to Cork. Remember? You must lie dooo.
S me t ill so dark, seemed yet a little clearer.
Dont leave me, Sue! she whispered. Im afraid, of my own dreaming!
. er. In a feime, I t— if our plot o hen?
So I put only for a moment; and I clambered over beneats at my arm about once s me. It seemed t t I could do. I pulled like Mrs Sucksby. Not like Mrs Sucksby, at all. Sill stle, and my t, like featime, opped, and again and till. She grew heavy, and warm.
Good girl, I said, too softly to wake her.
Next morning I e before s