“Well, I’d say, it is a typical case of melancholy,” says the doctor. “And how exactly would that be defined?” The physician explains that in a recently published article on insanity by his esteemed colleague Dr. Blandford, four different types of melancholy have been identified: gloomy, restless, mischievous and self-complacent. Each has a different root cause, and thus requires its own treatment. “Which one afflicts my mother?” Arthur asks. “Restless melancholy,” replies the man firmly. “And is that very bad?” “A rather precarious combination, I am afraid. The restlessness exhausts the mind,
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