Her sacrifice was one of devotion! She perished in an exaltation of feeling.

Love drove her to this desperate act.

Not the love of woman for a man, but the love which women of her profound nature sometimes feel for one of their own sex.
Mrs.Taylor was her friend--wait, I hope to prove it--and to save her from experiencing the extreme misery of seeing the man who was the joy as well as bane of her life suffer from the consequences of his own misdeeds, Antoinette Duclos felt willing to die and did.

You smile, gentlemen.

You think the old man is approaching senility.