the poor old gook was spitting blood

She had had a wonderful interview respecting Fanny on this very day, and was at this moment disquieting her mind because she could not tell her friend what had happened without a breach of confidence!

Extending the notion of a reduced ring, we call a right module M over a ring R a reduced module if, for any m∈M and a∈R, ma=0 implies mR∩Ma=0. Various results of reduced rings are extended to reduced modules.

What I suffered with that rein for four long months in my lady's carriage, it would be hard to describe, but I am quite sure that, had it lasted much longer, either my health or my temper would have given way.