Somewhere safe.

Do not discard it, do not clean it, do not let anyone near it.

And if Raymond has another acute crisis, bring him straight to the hospital, so that we can examine and document his condition officially, on the record.”

I spoke to our neighbor, too, Mrs.

Abigail, an old friend of the family who had lived over the fence for as long as I could remember.

She had seen them leave, three days before, and she told me about it with a face that grew more troubled the longer she talked.