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At last with the morning sleep came; but the sleep was almost worse than the wakefulness, for it was accompanied by ugly, disturbing dreams. Liza thought she was going through the fight with her enemy, and Mrs. Blakeston grew enormous in size, and multiplied, so that every way she turned the figure confronted her. AT LAST WITH THE MORNING SLEEP CAME BUT THE SLEEP WAS ALMOST WORSE THAN THE WAKEFULNESS FOR IT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY UGLY DISTURBING DREAMS LIZA THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH THE FIGHT WITH HER ENEMY AND MISSUS BLAKESTON GREW ENORMOUS IN SIZE AND MULTIPLIED SO THAT EVERY WAY SHE TURNED THE FIGURE CONFRONTED HER
and loosened the things about her neck. 'Give us a drink,' she said. 'Oh, I'd give anythin' for a little drop of water!' There was no one to hear; Mrs. Kemp continued to sleep heavily, occasionally breaking out into a little snore. Liza remained there, now shivering with cold, now panting for breath, listening to the regular, heavy breathing by her side, and in her pain she sobbed. She pulled at her pillow and said: 'Why can't I go to sleep? Why can't I sleep like 'er?' And the darkness was awful; it was a heavy, ghastly blackness, that seemed palpable, so that it frightened her and she looked for relief at the faint light glimmering through the window from a distant street-lamp. She thought the night would never end--the minutes seemed like hours, and she wondered how she should live through till morning. And strange pains that she did not know went through her. Still the night went on, the darkness continued, cold and horrible, and her mother breathed loudly and steadily by her side. N SO THAT SHE THREW EVERYTHING OFF AND LOOSENED THE THINGS ABOUT HER NECK GIVE US A DRINK SHE SAID OR I'D GIVE ANYTHING FOR A LITTLE DROP OF WATER THERE WAS NO ONE TO HEAR MISSUS KEMP CONTINUED TO SLEEP HEAVILY OCCASIONALLY BREAKING OUT INTO A LITTLE STORM ELIZA REMAINED THERE NOW SHIVERING WITH COLD NOW PANTING FOR BREATH LISTENING TO THE REGULAR HEAVY BREATHING BY HER SIDE AND IN HER PAIN SHE SOBBED SHE PULLED AT HER PILLOW AND SAID WHY CAN'T I GO TO SLEEP WHY CAN'T I SLEEP LIKE HER AND THE DARKNESS WAS AWFUL IT WAS A HEAVY GHASTLY BLACKNESS THAT SEEMED PALPABLE SO THAT IT FRIGHTENED HER AND SHE LOOKED FOR RELIEF AT THE FAINT LIGHT GLIMMERING THROUGH THE WINDOW FROM A DISTANT STREET LAMP SHE THOUGHT THE NIGHT WOULD NEVER END THE MINUTE SEEMED LIKE OURS AND SHE WONDERED HOW SHE SHOULD LIVE THROUGH TILL MORNING AND STRANGE PAINS THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW WENT THROUGH HER STILL THE NIGHT WENT ON THE DARKNESS CONTINUED COLD AND HORRIBLE AND HER MOTHER BREATHED LOUDLY AND STEADILY BY HER SIDE
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