On his return, it was clear that the fatigue and exposure to which he had been subjected had seriously affected his health.

He was attacked by rheumatism, his sleeplessness continued, and he complained that he felt thoroughly unwell.

Three days later a painful duty obliged him to visit Cambridge.

The Prince of Wales, who had been placed at that University in the previous year, was behaving in such a manner that a parental visit and a parental admonition had become necessary.

The disappointed father, suffering in mind and body, carried through his task; but, on his return journey to Windsor, he caught a fatal chill.
During the next week he gradually grew weaker and more miserable.