As I noted these peculiarities, my mind was also with his case; I saw that his life was threatened.

Perhaps he guessed what was going on in me, for he said in a low, cultured voice: "The wheels will stop too long some time, and there will be no rebound;"-- referring to the irregular action of his heart.
"Perhaps that is true," I said; "yet it depends a good deal upon yourself when it will be.

Men can die if they wish without committing suicide.

Look at the Maori, the Tongan, the Malay.

They can also prolong life (not indefinitely, but in a case like yours considerably), if they choose.