Her gestures were wild, her reason was suspended.

Every part of her being was in agony.

To this state of anguish and despair no calm succeeded, until her tears began to flow.

Friendship and the tenderest cares succeeded for a moment in calming her grief, but not in diminishing its power.
"This violent crisis had disturbed her whole organisation.

A cruel disorder, which required a still more cruel operation, soon manifested itself.