"Wait upon her yourself, then."
"But I must return to New York to-morrow afternoon."
"Very well; get an attendant for your crazy patient and send her down.
If the young lady's friends are as wealthy as you say, they will surely
let her have a keeper."
"They will let her have a dozen if necessary; that is not the question."
"What, then?"
"Have you accommodation for another in this old barn? Can you put up
with the trouble?"
"We'll endeavor to do so for your sake. 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.
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