Fever, inflammation of the lungs, this intense cold and... and something else. I'd call it the will to die.
11 seconds sound clip from the Wuthering Heights (1939)) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:42:28 in the radio play.
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- Isabella, go back where you belong, to Edgar's house.
- I know, but he needs you now.
- Really?
- Didn't you know? It's a matter of days now. Perhaps hours.
- If Cathy dies, I might begin to live.
- Ahhh. Begin to live? Ha! In this house with Heathcliff, nothing can live.
- So you think you'll begin to live, when Cathy dies? You won't.
- Oh, what is it? This house! I can feel the hate within it, like a crushing weight.
- And you! He hates you even more than he does me.
- Stop it!
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