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Gently, yet with firmness that was not to be disputed, she forced Beatrice into the cave, made her lie down, and prepared a drink for her. Though Beta knew it not, the wise old woman had steeped therein a few leaves of the ronyilu weed, brought from the Abyss, a powerful soporific. And presently a certain calm and peace began to win possession of her soul.
Thanks to the wondrous beneficence of the ronyilu, she slept a deep and dreamless slumber. Even the child being laid on her breast by the old woman who smiled, though in her eyes stood tears even this did not arouse her. She slept. And for a few blessed hours she had respite from woe and pain unspeakable. At last her dreams grew troubled. She seemed caught in a thunder-storm, an earthquake.
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