About nine o'clock
`` If you do n't take me out of this house I shall go mad . I have been thinking about it all day , and I know I shall . '' Richard was silent for a moment , then , with the wise instinct of affection , wonderful in man , and in a man who had had no experience in dealing with diseased or suffering minds , he acquiesced in my plan to go ; told me that we would take the earliest train , and interested me in thoughts about my packing . About nine o'clock he came to my room-door , and I heard some one with him . It was the Doctor . I turned upon Richard a fierce look , and said , very quietly , he might go away , for I would not see the Doctor . After that , they tried me with Sophie , but with less success ; and , finally , Richard came back alone , with a glass in his hand .