ABSTRACT
From this period Gabrielle grew daily worse, yet determined to persevere till the power of doing so should utterly forsake her. She disregarded the strong and faithful warnings of nature, which on every exertion, however trifling, appeared on the point of being overpowered, and still pressed and goaded it beyond its capability of endurance. She felt a rapid internal waste, her strength failing, and every indubitable symptom of hastening decay.
