—fromTheYellowWallpaper
CharlottePerkinsGilman
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[1] ItisveryseldomthatmereordinarypeoplelikeJohnandmyselfsecureancestralhallsforthesummer.
[2] Acolonialmansion, ahereditaryestate, Iwouldsayahauntedhouse, andreachtheheightofromanticfelicity — butthatwouldbeaskingtoomuchoffate!
[3] StillIwillproudlydeclarethatthereissomethingqueeraboutit.
[4] Else, whyshoulditbeletsocheaply? Andwhyhavestoodsolonguntenanted?
[5] Johnlaughsatme, ofcourse, butoneexpectsthatinmarriage.
[6] , anintensehorrorofsuperstition, andhescoffsopenlyatanytalkofthingsnottobefeltandseenandputdowninfigures.
[7] Johnisaphysician, andperhaps — (Iwouldnotsayittoalivingsoul, ofcourse, butthisisdeadpaperandagreatrelieftomymind) — perhapsthatisonereasonIdonotgetwellfaster.
[8] YouseehedoesnotbelieveIamsick!
[9] Andwhatcanonedo?
[10] Ifaphysicianofhighstanding, andone’sownhusband, assuresfriendsandrelativesthatthereisreallynothingthematterwithonebuttemporarynervousdepression — aslighthystericaltendency — whatisonetodo?
[11] Mybrotherisalsoaphysician, andalsoofhighstanding, andhesaysthesamething.
[12] SoItakephosphatesorphosphites — whicheveritis, andtonics, andjourneys, andair, andexercise, andamabsolutelyforbiddento “work” untilIamwellagain.
[13] Personally, Idisagreewiththeirideas.
[14] Personally, Ibelievethatcongenialwork, withexcitementandchange, woulddomegood.
[15] Butwhatisonetodo?
[16] Ididwriteforawhileinspiteofthem; butitdoesexhaustmeagooddeal —havingtobesoslyaboutit, orelsemeetwithheavyopposition.
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