I think Mr.Darwin said that nothing was necessary but to leave the matter alone and let the malady have its way and perish by the statute of limitations.
We had confidence in Darwin, and after that day Susy was relieved of our reformatory persecutions.

She went on lying without let or hindrance during several months, or a year; then the lying suddenly ceased, and she became as conscientiously and exactingly truthful as she had been before the attack, and she remained so to the end of her life.
The paragraph in the Record to which I have been leading up is in my handwriting, and is of a date so long posterior to the time of the lying malady that she had evidently forgotten that truth-speaking had ever had any difficulties for her.
Mama was speaking of a servant who had been pretty unveracious, but was now "trying to tell the truth." Susy was a good deal surprised, and said she shouldn't think anybody would have to _try_ to tell the truth.
In the Record the children's acts and speeches quite definitely define their characters.

Susy's indicated the presence of mentality-- thought--and they were generally marked by gravity.

She was timid, on her physical side, but had an abundance of moral courage.

Clara was sturdy, independent, orderly, practical, persistent, plucky--just a little animal, and very satisfactory.