"Oh, he asks me if I remember things. You see, he tries to tell with his
diagram things just when I shall forget and when I'll remember, and he
comes down to fix them up. I don't understand it much, but he says that
he's going to cure me."
"Oh, he's going to make you remember everything, I suppose."
"I hope so."
"Do you remember what happened yesterday?" I asked.
"Why, I sent Leah away, didn't I?"
"No, that was three days ago."
"Was it?" she returned, heading off an infuriated ant with her straw.
She seemed to take little interest in the subject.
"What did you want me to take back Leah for, anyway?" she asked.
"I think she's honest and devoted. She's thoroughly fine. Do you
realize what temptations a girl might have who knew that you forgot
things?"
"I suppose she would. I never thought of that." As she spoke she
crushed the ant with a twig.
"And Leah's mother was your nurse, too, wasn't she?"
"Yes, but Leah presumes on that and thinks that she can do anything she
wants. Doctor Copin doesn't like her, either. He's got another girl he
wants me to engage."