All the people here persecute me by calling me Mercy Merrick.

And when I am angry with them they show me the clothes.

Say what I may, they persist in believing they are my clothes.

Don't you do the same, if you want to be friends with me." Remembering what the physician had said to me, I made the necessary excuses and succeeded in soothing her.

Without reverting to the irritating topic of the name, I merely inquired what her plans were, and assured her that she might command my services if she required them.