His shuddering fit increased.

It mounted from his feet to his heart and brain.

Then like a tree shaken by a mighty wind, he swayed to and fro and dropped on his knees, all his muscles giving way under him.

And with hands despairingly outstretched he stammered: "This is more than I can bear, my God! More than I can bear!" He had accepted every situation but he could do so no longer.

He had come to the end of his strength and was plunged in the dark void where man and his reason are together overthrown.