‘She said you would need nothing at all.’
‘But I am hungry and thirsty, and in desperate pain.’
‘She said you would have these delusions, but must pay no attention to them. She wants you to particularly remember that there are no such things as hunger and thirst and pain.’
‘She does, does she?’
‘It is what she said.’
‘Does she seem to be in full and functional possession of her intellectual plant, such as it is?’
‘Bitte?’
‘Do they let her run at large, or do they tie her up?’
‘Tie her up?’
‘There, good-night, run along; you are a good girl, but your mental Geschirr is not arranged for light and airy conversation. Leave me to my delusions.’