1. Then, completely worn out with greif and fatigue, he went to bed, and slept a leaden sleep.
2. I had trouble understanding what the meaning of this word is. The sentence that comes before this portrays the man crying uncontrolably and screaming out. The sentence shows that the man is very tired and worn out so i would guess that the word leaden means deep or long because someone who is worn out and has a lot of fatigue would likely go in to a deep or long sleep.
3. Leaden- oppressive; heavy (dictionary.com)
4. Now that I know the correct definition of the word I realize that the sentence means that the man was so sad and distraught that he went into a heavy sleep to help cope with his grief. All of the mans emotions were coming out of him and made his so tired that he couldn't do anything but sleep.
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