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Astonished and almost scared at the strange agitation in which the call was made, they at once administered to her wishes, and she drank some wine with a haste and eagerness which surprised them. She had hardly swallowed it, when she exclaimed, with the same urgency: "Food, for God's sake, food, at once, or I perish." ASTONISHED AND ALMOST SCARED AT THE STRANGE AGITATION IN WHICH THE CALL WAS MADE THEY AT ONCE ADMINISTERED TO HER WISHES AND SHE DRANK SOME WINE WITH THE HASTE AND EAGERNESS WHICH SURPRISED THEM SHE HAD HARDLY SWALLOWED IT WHEN SHE EXCLAIMED WITH THE SAME URGENCY FOOD FOR GOD'S SAKE FOOD AT ONCE OR I PERISH
run without delay to ascertain the cause of the disturbance, and they heard him twice or thrice interrogate the applicant for admission, but without eliciting any other answer but a sustained reiteration of the sounds. They heard him then open the hall-door, and immediately there followed a light and rapid tread on the staircase. Schalken advanced towards the door. It opened before he reached it, and Rose rushed into the room. She looked wild, fierce and haggard with terror and exhaustion, but her dress surprised them as much as even her unexpected appearance. It consisted of a kind of white woollen wrapper, made close about the neck, and descending to the very ground. It was much deranged and travel-soiled. The poor creature had hardly entered the chamber when she fell senseless on the floor. With some difficulty they succeeded in reviving her, and on recovering her senses, she instantly exclaimed, in a tone of terror rather than mere impatience:---- "Wine! wine! quickly, or I'm lost! VEHEMENTLY AGAINST IT A DOMESTIC HAD RUN WITHOUT DELAY TO ASCERTAIN THE CAUSE OF THE DISTURBANCE AND THEY HEARD HIM TWICE OR THRICE INTERROGATE THE APPLICANT FOR ADMISSION BUT WITHOUT ELICITING ANY OTHER ANSWER BUT A SUSTAINED REITERATION OF SOUNDS THEY HEARD HIM THEN OPEN THE HALL DOOR AND IMMEDIATELY THERE FOLLOWED A LIGHT AND RAPID TREAD ON THE STAIRCASE SHALKIN ADVANCED TOWARDS THE DOOR IT OPENED BEFORE HE REACHED IT AND ROSE RUSHED INTO THE ROOM SHE LOOKEDLD FIERCE AND HAGGARD WITH TERROR AND EXHAUSTION BUT HER DRESS SURPRISED THEM AS MUCH AS EVEN HER UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE IT CONSISTED OF A KIND OF WHITE WOOLLEN WRAPPER MADE CLOSE ABOUT THE NECK AND DESCENDING TO THE VERY GROUND IT WAS MUCH DERANGED AND TRAVEL SOILED THE POOR CREATURE HAD HARDLY ENTERED THE CHAMBER WHEN SHE FELL SENSELESS ON THE FLOOR WITH SOME DIFFICULTY THEY SUCCEEDED IN REVIVING HER AND ON RECOVERING HER SENSES SHE INSTANTLY EXCLAIMED IN A TONE OF TERROR RATHER THAN MERE IMPATIENCE WINE WINE QUICKLY OR I'M LOST
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