\"Yes，yes，\"herejoined，inanswertothefewwordsInowspoketotryandcalmhim，\"don’tbeafraidaboutme。Afterwhatyouhavesaid，I’llanswerformyowncoolnessandcomposureunderallemergencies。IhavebeensolongusedtotheapparitionthatIhardlyfeelitspresenceatallexceptonrareoccasions。
Besides，Ihavehereinthislittlepacketoflettersthemedicineforeverymaladyofthesickheart。TheyareAda’sletters；Ireadthemtocalmmewhenevermymisfortuneseemstogetthebetterofmyendurance。Iwantedthathalfhourtoreadtheminto—nightbeforeyoucame，tomakemyselffittoseeyou，andIshallgothroughthemagainafteryouaregone；so，oncemore，don’tbeafraidaboutme。IknowIshallsucceedwithyourhelp，andAdashallthankyouasyoudeservetobethankedwhenwegetbacktoEngland。IfyouhearthefoolsatNaplestalkaboutmybeingmad，don’ttroubleyourselftocontradictthem；
thescandalissocontemptiblethatitmustendbycontradictingitself。\"
Ilefthim，promisingtoreturnearlythenextday。
WhenIgotbacktomyhotel，IfeltthatanyideaofsleepingafterallthatIhadseenandheardwasoutofthequestion；soI