NOTES

fever

With this characteristic reversion to physical collapse we are reminded of how precarious has been Victor's physical and mental stability since his obsessive researches at Ingolstadt (see I:4:17). Only a few months before his marriage he had been so ill that a long period of convalescence was necessary to restore him to a state in which he could withstand his trial in Ireland (see III:4:11 and III:4:42).