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Quote #1
One longing for the night (214)
Laura can't wait for her second taste of goblin fruit. She's like an addict: she can't focus on anything but where her next fix is going to come from.
Quote #2
Then sat up in a passionate yearning,
And gnashed her teeth for baulked desire, and wept
As if her heart would break. (266-268)
Laura seems to be showing signs of physical addiction. We see that she is actually in pain here.
Quote #3
Laura kept watch in vain
In sullen silence of exceeding pain. (270-271)
Laura is secretive about her addiction, too. She doesn't even tell her sister what's happening.
Quote #4
She dreamed of melons as a traveler sees
False waves in desert drouth
With shade of leaf-crowned trees,
And burns the thirstier in the sandful breeze. (289-292)
Laura is even hallucinating about the goblin fruit, but it's all a dream. When she wakes up, her withdrawal symptoms are even worse.