` Oh , bad ; very bad indeed , ' answered he ; ' I have not slept for a moment . Can you think of nothing to make me better ? ' ' I will try everything that is possible , ' said the wife , who did not in the least wish her husband to die , but was determined to show that he was more foolish that the other man . ' I will get some dried herbs and make you a drink , but I am very much afraid that it is too late . Why did you not tell me before ? ' ' I thought perhaps the pain would go off in a day or two ; and , besides , I did not want to make you unhappy , ' answered the man , who was by this time quite sure he had been suffering tortures , and had borne them like a hero . ` Of course , if I had had any idea how ill I really was , I should have spoken at once . ' ` Well , well , I will see what can be done , ' said the wife , ` but talking is not good for you . Lie still , and keep yourself warm . ' All that day the man lay in bed , and whenever his wife entered the room and asked him , with a shake of the head , how he felt , he always replied that he was getting worse . At last , in the evening , she burst into tears , and when he inquired what was the matter , she sobbed out : ` Oh , my poor , poor husband , are you really dead ? I must go to-morrow and order your coffin . ' Now , when the man heard this , a cold shiver ran through his body , and all at once he knew that he was as well as he had ever been in his life . ` Oh , no , no ! ' he cried , ' I feel quite recovered ! Indeed , I think I shall go out to work . ' ` You will do no such thing , ' replied his wife . ` Just keep quite quiet , for before the sun rises you will be a dead man . ' The man was very frightened at her words , and lay absolutely still while the undertaker came and measured him for his coffin ; and his wife gave orders to the gravedigger about his grave . That evening the coffin was sent home , and in the morning at nine o'clock the woman put him on a long flannel garment , and called to the undertaker 's men to fasten down the lid and carry him to the grave , where all their friends were waiting them .
Just as the body was being placed in the ground the other woman 's husband came running up , dressed , XXXXX far as anyone could see , in no clothes at all .
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