The scrofulous taint in her constitution was declaring itself in many ways.

The most serious symptoms took the form of convulsive fits.

On Julian's return home one evening, he had found her stretched upon the floor, unconscious, foaming at the mouth, and struggling horribly.

Since then, he had come back every night in agonies of miserable anticipation.

Her illness, and his own miseries, were of course much intensified by her self-willed habits.