fumble
fish around; search blindly
till
cash drawer or cash register
pence
unit of British currency; one one-hundredth of a pound
Romantic
idealistic, utopian; pertaining to the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century artistic and literary movement focused on the sublime and subjective
stilled
paused
delirium
state of feverishness or ecstasy
exiles
people forced to live away from home, often as punishment for a crime
maddened
driven insane
weighed
considered or debated
