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MEANS FOR CLASSICAL TRAGEDY After a moment of silence employed by Milady in observing the young man who listened to her, Milady continued her recital. “It was nearly three days since I had eaten or drunk anything. I suffered frightful torments. At times there passed before me clouds which pressed my brow, which veiled my eyes; this was delirium. “When the evening came I was so weak that every time I fainted I thanked God, for I thought I was about to die. “In the midst of one of these swoons I heard the door open. …