Sadly, the letters show that whenever she exerted herself in the role of poet's helpmeet, it turned out badly, with Vivienne more ready to acknowledge social disaster than her husband, who tried to sustain the marriage.
She told me how she had exerted herself all day, helping to prepare the Thanksgiving meal.
She may grunt or groan as she presses, and generally give the impression that she is exerting herself.
Those sporadic uterine contractions, which are common during pregnancy, could be a danger sign if they happened while she was exerting herself, her doctor said.
The patient, he said, was strictly forbidden to return to her office at Time Warner for 10 days, but otherwise she could exert herself as much or as little as her stamina allowed.
"She will exert herself personally, far and above the call of duty," says Rajiv Dutta, head of Ebay's PayPal business.
If it was too warm to freeze, and she was exerting herself trying to survive, dehydration would have become severe in perhaps only two days before the symptoms became debilitating.
His gossamer rein persuaded the petulant filly that she was barely exerting herself.
A few days later, it was Sharapova's turn to explain the sounds she makes while exerting herself playing a sport, "Next question, please".
