{"product_id":"2940012669568","title":"AN EYE FOR AN EYE","description":"INTRODUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a private asylum in the west of England there lives, and has lived\u003cbr\u003efor some years past, an unfortunate lady, as to whom there has long\u003cbr\u003esince ceased to be any hope that she should ever live elsewhere. Indeed,\u003cbr\u003ethere is no one left belonging to her by whom the indulgence of such a\u003cbr\u003ehope on her behalf could be cherished. Friends she has none; and her\u003cbr\u003eown condition is such, that she recks nothing of confinement and does\u003cbr\u003enot even sigh for release. And yet her mind is ever at work,--as is\u003cbr\u003edoubtless always the case with the insane. She has present to her,\u003cbr\u003eapparently in every waking moment of her existence, an object of intense\u003cbr\u003einterest, and at that she works with a constancy which never wearies\u003cbr\u003eherself, however fatiguing it may be to those who are near her. She is\u003cbr\u003eever justifying some past action of her life. \"An eye for an eye,\" she\u003cbr\u003esays, \"and a tooth for a tooth. Is it not the law?\" And these words she\u003cbr\u003ewill repeat daily, almost from morn till night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt has been said that this poor lady has no friends. Friends who would\u003cbr\u003ebe anxious for her recovery, who would care to see her even in her\u003cbr\u003ewretched condition, who might try to soothe her harassed heart with\u003cbr\u003ewords of love, she has none. Such is her condition now, and her\u003cbr\u003etemperament, that it may be doubted whether any words of love, however\u003cbr\u003etender, could be efficacious with her. She is always demanding\u003cbr\u003ejustification, and as those who are around her never thwart her she has\u003cbr\u003eprobably all the solace which kindness could give her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut, though she has no friends--none who love her,--she has all the\u003cbr\u003ematerial comfort which friendship or even love could supply. All that\u003cbr\u003emoney can do to lessen her misery, is done. The house in which she lives\u003cbr\u003eis surrounded by soft lawns and secluded groves. It has been prepared\u003cbr\u003ealtogether for the wealthy, and is furnished with every luxury which\u003cbr\u003eit may be within the power of a maniac to enjoy. This lady has her own\u003cbr\u003ewoman to attend her; and the woman, though stout and masterful, is\u003cbr\u003egentle in language and kind in treatment. \"An eye for an eye, ma'am. Oh,\u003cbr\u003ecertainly. That is the law. An eye for an eye, no doubt.\" This formula\u003cbr\u003eshe will repeat a dozen times a day--ay, a dozen dozen times, till the\u003cbr\u003ewonder is that she also should not be mad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reader need not fear that he is to be asked to loiter within the\u003cbr\u003eprecincts of an asylum for the insane. Of this abode of wretchedness no\u003cbr\u003eword more shall be said; but the story shall be told of the lady who\u003cbr\u003edwelt there,--the story of her life till madness placed her within those\u003cbr\u003ewalls. That story was known to none at the establishment but to him who\u003cbr\u003ewas its head. Others there, who were cognisant of the condition of the\u003cbr\u003evarious patients, only knew that from quarter to quarter the charges for\u003cbr\u003ethis poor lady's custody were defrayed by the Earl of Scroope.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152491790576,"sku":"2940012669568","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012669568_p0.jpg?v=1763571608","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012669568","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}