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"Hello, Math to stand "I have returned early, as Cathy is lying in"

"Is she indeed? And is she well? Does the child live?"

"Oh, yes! Cathy has a hardy son He is beautiful You shall knohen you see him

His head is full of black hair, like his father's"

As I came up the steps I felt my mother's eyes upon me "You do not look well, Jessamine"

"No, Maet away from Grant's Hill at once" I went into the hall "Where are Papa and Kevin?"

"Your father is in the library; Kevin has gone to Norwood," she answered

"With your pero to my room to rest before supper, Mama, and bathe I departed fro"

She did not answer, and so I went up the stairs, doing my best not to sho ill I felt

In my room, Lily helped lass of Madeira," I told her "I feel so weak" She left the room wordlessly

After the wine, I felt soht perhaps I would sleep The wine see painfully, like a wounded bird I sent Lily away and wept until I finally fell asleep

The supper gong woke me I moaned as the nausea swept me; I pulled the bell for Lily I told her that I was ill, to tell my parents After a while she came back with a bowl of broth I sipped it and my nausea eased a little

My father came up to my room to see me He held my hand and touched my forehead; his face was concerned He told

In theI sent Lily to make my excuses to ht to my room After the tea and a bite of biscuit I felt less nauseous I had risen from the bed bathed my face when the door opened and , Ma much better today Thank God it was not the fever after all," I said

Her eyes seemed almost black in her pale face "Fever-no," she said "A bastard in the belly won't make a fever But it will make you puke"