And the Papin Sisters were on their menstrual periods, allegedly. THEY WEAR THE RED GARBS OF CRIMINALS. A line reworked from The Maids. Hormones also blamed for Sylvia offing herself as well: It was all PMS! I once read in an article. How humiliating. Can you imagine? She is bleeding Ophelia, not a tortured Hamlet. All of Vivien(ne)’s problems always blamed on her menstrual periods. Virginia too had difficult periods.

