3799. We have not said anything
about Clara, Harriet’s sister because she is the most difficult of the party to
describe. She was older than Harriet by about ten years, so she was about 62
years old at the time.
3800. Her social life had more or
a less come to an end about a decade ago when her husband had developed heart
problems. Dr. Herzenstube was forced to call in specialists to deal with the
case because he could not figure it out. The heart specialists were convinced
that Clara’s husband had only a few months to live.
3801. That was a decade ago and
still her husband clung to life even though he was, to all appearances, barely
alive. Clara could have easily hired several nurses to take care of her husband
and look after him night and day, but she felt it was a religious obligation
for her to do it all herself.
3802. She did have one assistant
to help her, and to be available if she needed to absolutely get a few hours
sleep, but Clara attended to all of the basic chores of her husband’s illness.
For the first three years of this ordeal she hardly even left the house except
for the most pressing obligations, and even then she would rush back home
anxiously with her mind full of visions of disaster.
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