The World Within by Jane Eagland

Author:Jane Eagland
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

Throughout the commotion and interrogations that follow, Emily manages to keep hold of the one important thing — they mustn’t find out about the dog.

To every question she gives the same answers. No, she “doesn’t know how it happened,” her arm “just went like this.” To her utter dismay Papa declares that in the morning they must send for Dr. Andrew.

She gives Charlotte a baleful look. This is all her fault.

At long last they stop talking about it, Aunt binds Emily’s arm with a fresh dressing, and she is put to bed in Charlotte’s bed.

Emily doesn’t object — it’s the only place where she can be free from all their anxious, puzzled eyes. And by now she’s actually feeling very ill — sweating and shivering by turns. Her joints seem to be on fire and every now and then she’s overtaken by nausea and has to vomit into the bucket that Tabby has put by the bed. All she can do is lie there, expecting the hallucinations to start any minute and dreading that Dr. Andrew will be able to tell what’s wrong with her.

After dinner Tabby comes to sit with her. Her presence is comforting and luckily she doesn’t ask any questions, but in any case Emily feels too wretched to talk — she doesn’t want to eat anything and even sipping water brings on the nausea again. She dozes on and off, aware at some point of Tabby creeping out and, later, of Charlotte coming to get her nightgown and hairbrush.

Vaguely Emily wonders where her sister is going to sleep, but she doesn’t want to risk any conversation so she keeps her eyes closed and very soon she’s asleep herself.

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