"One night I had been awakened by her yells--(since the medical men had pronounced her mad, she had, of course, been shut up)--it was a fiery West Indian night; one of the description that frequently precede the hurricanes of those climates.
"Dacché i medici l'avevano dichiarata matta, era stata, naturalmente, rinchiusa. "Era una di quelle ardenti nottate tropicali, che precedono generalmente un uragano; non potendo dormire, mi alzai e aprii la finestra.