Sentence:  [T]he prominent character of leading young lady or heroine, which Paula was to personate, was really the most satisfactory in the whole list for her. For although she was to be wooed hard, there was just as much love-making among the remaining personages; while, as Somerset had understood the play, there could occur no flingings of her person upon her lover's neck, or agonized <WSD>downfalls</WSD> upon the stage, in her whole performance, [...] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An act of falling down.