It is really
a case of nerve reaction. The moral fever that is the fiercest burns
itself out the quickest and seems to leave no trace behind. In this case
love came also as a religious conversion. I should say the phenomena
were identical."
"She was happy," said the cure, turning to go.
"Yes, it was a great romance."
"A rare one. She adored him. Love is a tide that cleanses all."
"Yet she was of the stage up to the last. You know she would not have
her husband in the room at the end."
"She had a great heart," said the cure quietly. "She wished to spare
him that suffering."
"She had an extraordinary will," said the doctor, glancing at him
quickly. He added, tentatively: "She asked two questions that were
curious enough."
"Indeed," said the cure, lingering a moment with his hand on the gate.
"She wanted to know whether persons in a delirium talked of the past and
if after death the face returned to its calm."
"What did you say to her about the effects of delirium?" said the cure
with his blank face.
"That it was a point difficult to decide," said the doctor slowly.
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