Butshecouldnotherheadandhandswerebroilinghot,andshewasterriblythirstywhensheliftedherselfuptogetadrinkofwatersuchapangwentthroughherheadthatshefellbackonthebedgroaning,andlaytherewithbeatingheart.Andstrangepainsthatshedidnotknowwentthroughher.Thenacoldshiverseemedtoriseintheverymarrowofherbonesandrundowneveryarteryandvein,freezingthebloodherskinpuckeredup,anddrawingupherlegsshelayhuddledtogetherinaheap,theshawlwrappedtightlyroundher,andherteethchattering.Shivering,shewhispered: 'Oh,I'msocold,socold.Mother,givemesomeclothesIshalldieofthecold.Oh,I'mfreezing!' Butafterawhilethecoldseemedtogiveway,andasuddenheatseizedher,flushingherface,makingherbreakoutintoperspiration,sothatshethreweverythingoffandloosenedthethingsaboutherneck. 'Giveusadrink,'shesaid.'Oh,I'dgiveanythin'foralittledropofwater!' TherewasnoonetohearMrs.Kempcontinuedtosleepheavily,occasionallybreakingoutintoalittlesnore. Lizaremainedthere,nowshiveringwithcold,nowpantingforbreath,listeningtotheregular,heavybreathingbyherside,andinherpainshesobbed.Shepulledatherpillowandsaid: 'Whycan'tIgotosleep?Whycan'tIsleeplike'er?' Andthedarknesswasawfulitwasaheavy,ghastlyblackness,thatseemedpalpable,sothatitfrightenedherandshelookedforreliefatthefaintlightglimmeringthroughthewindowfromadistantstreet-lamp.Shethoughtthenightwouldneverend—theminutesseemedlikehours,andshewonderedhowsheshouldlivethroughtillmorning.Andstrangepainsthatshedidnotknowwentthroughher. Stillthenightwenton,thedarknesscontinued,coldandhorrible,andhermotherbreathedloudlyandsteadilybyherside. Atlastwiththemorningsleepcamebutthesleepwasalmostworsethanthewakefulness,foritwasaccompaniedbyugly,disturbingdreams.Lizathoughtshewasgoingthroughthefightwithherenemy,andMrs.Blakestongrewenormousinsize,andmultiplied,sothateverywaysheturnedthefigureconfrontedher.Andshebeganrunningaway,andsheranandrantillshefoundherselfreckoningupanaccountshehadpuzzledoverinthemorning,andshediditbackwardsandforwards,upwardsanddownwards,startinghere,startingthere,andthefiguresgotmixedupwithotherthings,andshehadtobeginoveragain,andeverythingjumbledup,andherheadwhirled,tillfinally,withastart,shewoke.