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Quote #10
[Benjamin] went into a kind of spasm that [Ursula] thought might be a prelude to death by apoplexy. […] "Sorry," he said. "Didn't mean to do that." (But what had he done?) (26.172)
Premature ejaculation probably isn't discussed in Dr. Beatrice Webb's sex-ed book that Ursula reads, but that's what happens here when Benjamin experiences a premature "little death," as the Victorians so lovingly called orgasms.