Part 4, Chapter 25 Summary

Claire spends five days at the hospital under the care of Hildegarde. She is feverish and thinks she has lost her child. She feels the infection surrounding her belly and cannot fight off the sleep that overcomes her over and over again. She is delusional as well. She sees Raymond come to visit her. He puts his hands on her body in a healing way and she feels the infection leaving her body.

As quickly as Raymond appears, he disappears. Claire thinks she is dreaming, but when Sister Angelique comes to her and checks for fever, it has gone. The Sister calls for Hildegarde and praises God for the fever leaving Claire's body.

Part 4, Chapter 25 Analysis

This chapter brings out superstition and belief in sorcery. Claire is sure she has not only lost the baby but that she's going to die...