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Days of weary watching, and toilsome care that the new-born

Vestal would not be misled in her awakening thoughts, were

necessary. The body needed but little care other than the proper

nourishment and attention of any one in usual health. Sarthia's

physical organism had not become depleted by disease and

suffering, and the disorganization that had commenced was checked

by the magical agent that had been placed over it, even before

Sarthia had entirely left it.

The lethargy was more mental than physical. It was that

semi-consciousness that precedes sleep, or that one sometimes

experiences when awakened suddenly out of a deep, profound

slumber.