He put her on her knees before him and bared her neck, pretending to examine the burn; he fondled her too much and pressed her to him: she took offence and tried to draw away.

Somehow or other his hand got entangled in a chain at her neck.

She called out to him, "You are suffocating me," and tried to rise: but he cried out like a madman: "I will, I want to," and pressed what seemed to be a handkerchief over her face.

She declared that she lost consciousness.
When she came to herself she found Dr.Wilde frantically imploring her to come to her senses, while dabbing water on her face, and offering her wine to drink.
"If you don't drink," he cried, "I'll pour it over you." For some time, she said, she scarcely realized where she was or what had occurred, though she heard him talking.

But gradually consciousness came back to her, and though she would not open her eyes she understood what he was saying.