With one of her own she put his back, and lifted the other dizzily to her forehead.
"Don't come near me!" she said, tottering.

"What is it?
I cannot see.
Go!" And guiding herself, as though blindfold, to a chair, she sank upon it, and her head dropped.

It was the natural result of a moment of intense excitement coming upon nerves already strained and tried to their utmost.

She fought desperately against her weakness; but there was a moment when all around her swam, and she knew nothing.
Then came a strange awakening.

What was this room, this weird light, these unfamiliar forms of things, this warm support against which her cheek lay?
She opened her eyes languidly.