In one indescribable moment I felt all this--and I suppose my face showed it.

The good artless creature was inspired by a sort of gentle alarm for me.

"I am afraid the heat of the room is too much for you; will you try my smelling bottle ?" I heard her say those kind words; and I remember nothing else--I fainted.

When I recovered my senses, the company had all gone; only the lady of the house was with me.

For the moment I could say nothing to her; the dreadful impression that I have tried to describe to you came back to me with the coming back of my life.