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"Exactly; and seeks isolation, and is a prey to morbid distraction and
reverie: but has no palpable illusions, has he?"
"Not that I know of," said Mr. Hardie.
"Well, but," objected Jane, "did not he say something to you very curious
the other night about Captain Dodd and fourteen thousand pounds?"
Mr. Hardie's blood ran cold. "No," he stammered, "not that I remember."
"Oh, yes, he did, papa: you have forgotten it: but at the time you were
quite puzzled what he could meant: and you did _so._" She put her finger
to her forehead, and the doctors interchanged a meaning glance.
"I believe you are right, Jenny," said Mr. Hardie, taking the cue so
unexpectedly offered him: "he did say some nonsense I could not make head
nor tail of; but we all have our crotchets. There, run away, like a good
girl, and let me explain all this to our good friends here: and mind, not
a word about it to Alfred."
When she was gone, he said, "Gentlemen, my son is over head and ears in
love; that is all."
"Ay, Erotic monomania is a very ordinary phase of insanity," said Dr.


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