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hysterical
     I know 
     It’s called a rest cure, my love
 Not a going downstairs cure
     How right you are 
     you’d better stay in bed this time
 or someone’s going to lose her sitting up in bed privileges
     I’m sorry 
     little goose 

     John
couldn’t I go outside even for a little while
just for a walk in the garden
  just for a moment
     why must you ask for the moon
you know I wish I could give it to you
but I might as well feed you poison
a walk in the garden is the last thing you need
 it might undo you entirely, garden walking
     I just can’t bear another minute staring at these same walls 
     anything can happen to a woman in a garden 
     This wallpaper
it’s strange
  I can’t bear it
     I’m afraid that as a doctor
I can’t advise going out into the garden
it’s full of night humors and cross-breezes
any one of which could do any number of things to your nervous
system to say nothing of your chalkstones
 it would simply ruin your blood
     all right 
     I’m afraid I just can’t allow it 
     all right 
     but I could have Nurse bring you a bowl of arrowroot
that’s almost as good
isn’t it?
 a bowl of arrowroot’s almost as good as walking
     all right 

     What do you think we should name the child? 
     Oh, John, I’m so glad you asked
I’ve missed talking to someone
and I do hope the baby’s doing well
  I’ve thought about it a great deal these last few months
     oh sorry, darling
that wasn’t for you
meant to send that to Williams
 think we’ve found a fine name for him anyhow
     It’s a boy?
I had
We had a son?
What’s his name, darling?
John?
  What’s his name?
     I’ll tell you what, my darling
You’ve been awfully good this week
 and I think you deserve a treat
     What’s that? 
     you can have all the air that you want
I know
 I spoil you
     you’ll open one of the windows, then?
  I would so love to see the sky again
     Good God, no
not FRESH air
Good lord
 do you want to catch winter fever?
     But it’s summer, John
  surely it couldn’t be as bad as all that in the summer
     Summer is the worst time of all to catch winter fever
the body simply doesn’t expect it
Next thing you know
your dropsy is so bilious it makes ship fever look like barrel fever
 And then where would you be
     I’m not sure
  where would I be?
     Nowhere good
I can tell you that much
nowhere good, medically speaking
no I’ll have the air brought in downstairs and let it waft up
 Go back to sleep
     I’ve been asleep all morning
and all night before that
I couldn’t possibly sleep any more
  I’ll go mad if I try to lie still another hour
     ah that’s how you know you need rest
 only a truly sleepy woman would say that

     John have you noticed a yellow smell in the house
  I’ve noticed a yellow smell
     A yellow smell?
Not particularly
Could be some sort of miasma
I’ll have the garden torn up just in case
 and extra bars set on the windows

     darling
you know the broken-necked reverse-eyed witch nightmares in the
  wallpaper?
     the what? 
     you know the ones I mean, John dear
  they writhe in those slinking hate patterns?
     good God 
     Well they’ve started to chant in unison 
     what has become of you alone up there 
     Oh, don’t worry, pet
I know how to quiet them
I know how to make them stop their needle dance
They promised me
once I’ve done what they want
they’ll be at peace again
So there’s nothing to worry about!
I’ll be right down, darling
  coming downstairs at last

Wuthering Heights
     hello everyone 
     Father! 
     yes yes hello 
     are you coming home tonight? 
     yes 
     oh how splendid 
     I’m bringing someone with me 
     oh? 
     a homeless boy 
     oh 
     I found him in Liverpool 
     you did? 
     and am adopting him
 for reasons that I can assure you are perfectly sound
     you are? 
     perfectly good, sound, normal reasons 
     I see 
     he’s not my son or