Word: vitus
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...dismissed my attendant. Proud, happy moment! I rode all alone. But a sense of the awful responsibility of the situation began to creep over me. A queer, unnerving sensation of uncertainty as to where I'd be next stole over me. My trusty steed showed violent symptoms of St. Vitus's Dance. The floor began to heave and billow about. The pillars and railing played at kaleidoscope. My vision grew dim. I clutched the handles till they grew thin under my grasp. I threw my whole soul into that one moment. It was too much for the machine. It veered...
...young men seem to have a peculiar affection, not unlike St. Vitus's Dance, which settles in their elbows, and makes both arms unduly active. I really was surprised to see how they got through the massive and artistic gate-posts...