I was sure that he would die young, and he did so." "Ay, but Mrs.Ashleigh said that his death was from brain-fever, brought on by over-study.

Rarely, indeed, do women so fatigue the brain.

No female patient, in the range of my practice, ever died of purely mental exertion." "Of purely mental exertion, no; but of heart emotion, many female patients, perhaps?
Oh, you own that! I know nothing about nerves; but I suppose that, whether they act on the brain or the heart, the result to life is much the same if the nerves be too finely strung for life's daily wear and tear.

And this is what I mean, when I say you and Lilian will not suit.

As yet, she is a mere child; her nature undeveloped, and her affections therefore untried.