There he meets the young Belgian woman Lillian suffering from tuberculosis .
The main figure , Clerfayt , is an automobile racer who goes to a Swiss sanatorium to visit a fellow racer , Hollmann , who has tuberculosis .
There Clerfayt meets the young Belgian woman Lillian suffering from tuberculosis .
The main figure , Clerfayt , is an automobile racer who goes to a Swiss sanatorium to visit a fellow racer , Hollmann , who has tuberculosis .