Exhausted nature could bear nothing more, and protected herself in a temporary suspension of her power.

Henry had fainted, and it was well that it was so.

The fact was a stronger argument in his favor than any external exhibition of suffering that could have been given.
The hatter and his wife were both alarmed at an event so unexpected by either of them.

Henry was quickly removed to a chamber, and every effort made to restore him.

It was not a very long time before the machinery of life was again in motion; its action, however, was feeble, as even his oppressors could see.