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Hedvig's and Percy's marriage had for long been unconsummated. At first in the Swiss mountain sanatorium Hedvig was not allowed to live in the same house as her husband. Later on when he was better she still remained his nurse.
"Think of your fever," she said, and withdrew gently from his delicate approaches. "It is your duty to get well, Percy dear."