face on the edge of the bed, had drawn the end of the scarf into
her mouth, and was in danger of suffocation. My first act was to
put out my hand to relieve her breathing; and in moving the scarf
aside, the embroidery in the corner caught my sight.
“I turned her gently over, placed my hands upon her breast to
calm her and keep her down, and looked into her face. Her eyes
were dilated and wild, and she constantly uttered piercing shrieks,
and repeated the words, ‘My husband, my father, and my brother!’
and then counted up to twelve, and said, ‘Hush!’ For an instant,
and no more, she would pause to listen, and then the piercing
shrieks would begin again, and she would repeat the cry, ‘My
husband, my father, and my brother!’ and would count up to
twelve, and say ‘Hush!’ There was no variation in the order, or the
manner. There was no cessation, but the regular moment’s pause,
in the utterance of these sounds.
“‘How long,’ I asked, ‘has this lasted?’
“To distinguish the brothers, I will call them the elder and the
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younger; by the elder, I mean, him who exercised the most
authority. It was the elder who replied, ‘Since about this hour last
night.’
“‘She has a husband, a father, and a brother?’
“‘A brother.’
“‘I do not address her brother?’
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