It saved him from a hysterical relapse—and he recovered in time to entrain on a damp November day for New York, and for the interminable massacre beyond.
Having gone through unprofessional agonies during her long relapse following Topsy's birth, he had, perforce, hardened himself about her, making a cleavage between Nicole sick and Nicole well.
He tried to prepare himself in vain; perhaps the effort to prepare himself made him less able to bear it." " Would he remember what took place in the relapse?