The iciness benumbing her neck crept into her arms and spread down to her very finger tips.

Of the iciness and rigidity of my hands and feet, of the panic that shook the very soul of me, no one but myself need know.

The evening was one of wonders for which I had no name—wonders associated with an iciness that was far from agreeable.

The iciness gave way to a painful fever, which throbbed in her temples, and hung a red curtain before her eyes.