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"Anne! Marigold!" a voice was screaming causing Marigold to wake up from her slumber.
"Diana?" She heard her sister from the room next door. She flinged back her blanket and ran into the room, where she was met with Diana, who was clearly in distress.
"Minnie May, she's sick! We need to wake Miss Cuthbert!"
"She's not here," Anne informed her, "She went to see the premier. Did your parents go as well?"
"Yes!"
"What's wrong with Minnie May?" Mary asked.
"I don't know. She's choking and coughing, and it's horrible!"
"Croup," Anne mumered.
"We need the doctor!"
"Matthew! Matthew, come quick!" Anne called out to their guardian as Mary grabbed a blanket and laid it on Diana's shoulders.
"Put this on before you catch your death."
"Aunt Josephine's staying with us but she doesn't know what to do! She's never seen a cough like this."
"I have," Anne told her as a confused Matthew walked into the room, "Matthew, ride to Carmody and fetch the doctor. Minnie May is gravely ill. Marigold and I will go home with Diana."
"We'll see you there."
"Oh, girls, she's fearful sick! She can scarcely breathe!"
"I need to fetch the ipecac before we go! Matthew won't be back for hours. We will do everything we can until then!"
"I've missed you two so much."
"We've missed you, too."
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"Lean her over. Make sure she's right above the steam," Anne ordered Diana as she held the sick child over the steaming pot that Mary prepared, "We have to loosen the phlegm that's choking her."
"Anne, we've used almost all the ipecac," Marigold told her sister, "There's only one more dose. I say we get by with steam and night air until we're forced to use it."
"She's burning up," Diana exclaimed.
"Let's lift her up to the window," Anne commanded, "Breathing cold air will help."
