Curiosities & wonders > Tales of the castle, or, Stories of instruction and delight

THE FORTUNATE CURE.
is very healthy, and especially for you—Healthy,
indeed! Let us get out, I say, of this hideous
place. Shew me the chamber where I am to
lie.—You are there already, Miss—How ! there
already!—That is your bed, and this is mine;
for I will fare the same as you do.—Me ! I
sleep in a cow-house ! In a bed like this !—It
is a good mattress Do you mock me ?—No,
indeed, Miss, I tell you the very truth. This
odour, which unfortunately you dislike, is ex¬
ceedingly salutary to persons in your state; it
will restore you to health: and it was for this
reason that my husband has placed you here,
where you must remain the greatest part of the
time you stay with me.
Madame Stein had no occasion to continue
her discourse. The unhappy child, suffocated
with rage, had fallen speechless on the bed;
Madame Stein knew what ailed her, by the
swelling of her neck and bosom, and the red¬
ness of her face ; she unlaced her, took off her
neck ribband, and Maria again began to breathe;
but it was only to scream and cry, in a manner
that would have frightened a person of less de¬
termined coolness than Madame Stein, who took
care to remain totally silent. Seeing, however
at the end of a quarter of an hour, she still con¬
tinued her shrieks and cries she said to her,—
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