She was not afraid until she saw a lovely young woman at the foot of her bed. She awoke in the middle of the night without any nurse or other attendant. Laura narrates that her first distinct memory of her life is from when she was six years old. Besides the servants, the only inhabitants of the castle are Madame Perrodon, a governess, and Mademoiselle De Lafontaine, a finishing governess. It is an isolated but beautiful and serene place. Laura lives with her father (a widower) in a castle deep in the forest of Styria. It is narrated by a young woman named Laura, who tells her story to Doctor Hesselius, whose papers are being organized by an aide. The novella is set in 19th-century Styria, which is located in Austria.
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