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the symptoms preceding small-pox. He was not
mistaken, for the malady soon developed in a most
alarming manner. The doctor did not hide from
Doralice that the attack was of the very worst
type, and advised her to absent herself as much, as
possible from her daughter’s room ; but notwithstand-
ing all his precautions, she never left Eglantine’s bed-
side. Poor Eglantine became quite delirious, and
received the tender cares of her mother without ever
knowing who her kind nurse was. Even when she
was in her mother’s arms, she would weep bitterly,
and say, ‘Madam, my mother has abandoned me,
but I have deserved it. I never gave her a moment’s
happiness, and now she has left me to die without
receiving her benediction. May God forgive me!’
These sad complaints would be muttered between
sighs and tears, and they pierced the very soul of her
poor afflicted mother. In vain she assured her
daughter of her presence ; in vain she bathed her with
her tears : Eglantine heeded not. The malady made
rapid progress. Her entire body, but particularly
her face, was. covered with thick ulcers. Her eyes
became sightless ; but this, as an ordinary attendant
on small-pox, did not at first alarm the doctor;
but as she was remaining in this state much longer