The narrator spends his time thinking only of his lost love, Lady Ligeia and in the second month Rowena becomes deathly ill. Lady Rowena is terrified of what the narrator believes to be death but upon closer inspection it becomes clear that she is terrified of the strange and unknown presences she senses in the room. As Lady Rowena drinks a glass of wine, the narrator notices the sudden appearance of several drops of bright fluid in the wine glass. Surprised, he thinks he imagined it, due to the late hour and the opium fog. Three days later, Lady Rowena is dead, and on the fourth day we hear the narrator profess before his deceased wife's body that he is only able to think not of Rowena, but of Ligeia. At midnight, the narrator hears a soft sob coming from the bed where his wife's corpse lay. He then studies Lady Rowena's shrouded form and after a while notices a slight color appear on her face. It seems that Lady Rowena is alive but soon after she resumes the horrible expression of death. This occurs a second and third time and each time the corpse seems to struggle more. Between each of these horrific experiences the narrator sinks into visions only of his former wife Lady Ligeia. Revitalization continues until the corpse struggles