unlikely; since, in addition to a moderate dose of opium

prescribed by the apothecary, she was labouring under the effects

of a final taste of gin-and-water which had been privily

administered, in the openness of their hearts, by the worthy old

'Now listen to me,' said the dying woman aloud, as if making a

great effort to revive one latent spark of energy. 'In this very

room--in this very bed--I once nursed a pretty young creetur',

that was brought into the house with her feet cut and bruised