"She was dumb.
"'How do you feel, Catherine?' he repeated.
"'He's safe, and I'm free,' she answered: 'I should feel well-but,' she continued, with a bitterness she couldn't conceal, 'you have left me so long to struggle against death alone, that I feel and see only death! I feel like death!'

'"He's safe, and I'm free," she answered: "I should feel well - but," she continued bitterly, "you have left me so long to struggle against death alone, that I feel and see only death! I feel like death!"
