It is easier to put up with another person in the house than be at the beck and call of a lunatic ourselves.

Send one from New York capable of taking care of your crazy young lady, and Sally and I will take care of her." "Thanks! And meantime ?" "Meantime, I will wait upon her myself--if you will assure me she will not be violent." "I think I can.

She is only violent with me, poor soul.

She has got an idea into her weak, deranged little head that she is as sane as you or I, and that I have carried her off by force and keep her prisoner here.
She goes raving mad at sight of me, but with you she may probably be cool enough.

She will tell you a piteous story of how she has been entrapped and carried off from home, if you will listen to her.