They might destroy him, but they could not disturb.

Three or four times he was bedewed with profuse sweats; and these again were succeeded by an extreme dryness and burning heat of the skin.

He was next covered with small livid spots: symptoms of shivering followed, but these he drove away with a determined resolution.

He then became tranquil and composed, and, after some time, decided to go to bed, it being already night.

"Falkland," said he, pressing his hand, "the task of dying is not so difficult as some imagine.