On the Night of the Seventh Moon
“For the moment I could not think where I was; then I remembered that Ilse and Ernst had brought me from the lodge yesterday. I glanced at the clock on the bedside table. It said a quarter to five.
I raised myself and a pain shot through my head; I could not think what had happened to me. The walls of the room seemed to close in on me, my head was swimming, and I felt sick.
I’m ill, I thought. Worse still, my mind seemed confused. Only yesterday I had awakened glowing with good health with Maxim...ilian beside me. I must have caught some sickness.
I tried to get up but I could not stand. I sank back into bed.
I called feebly: “Ilse!”
She came in looking very worried.
“Ilse. What’s happened to me?”
She studied me intently. “You don’t remember . . . ?”
“But I was all right when we came back here last evening.”
She bit her lips and looked uncertain.
“My dear,” she said, “don’t worry, we’ll look after you.”
“But . . .”
“You are feeling ill. Try to rest.MoreLess
I raised myself and a pain shot through my head; I could not think what had happened to me. The walls of the room seemed to close in on me, my head was swimming, and I felt sick.
I’m ill, I thought. Worse still, my mind seemed confused. Only yesterday I had awakened glowing with good health with Maxim...ilian beside me. I must have caught some sickness.
I tried to get up but I could not stand. I sank back into bed.
I called feebly: “Ilse!”
She came in looking very worried.
“Ilse. What’s happened to me?”
She studied me intently. “You don’t remember . . . ?”
“But I was all right when we came back here last evening.”
She bit her lips and looked uncertain.
“My dear,” she said, “don’t worry, we’ll look after you.”
“But . . .”
“You are feeling ill. Try to rest.MoreLess
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