How does the author use foreshadowing in The Lifted Veil?

In Chapter One we learn that, Latimer, an English man, has been experiencing attacks of "angina pectoris" and that he can foresee his own death, which will occur in one month's time. He can also see all the details surrounding his death. He knows that he will have a heart attack late at night while sitting at his desk in his study, and he knows that no one will answer the bell when he pulls it because two of his servants, who are lovers, will have fought and left the house, while the remaining servant will be asleep.