... practically confined all summer. Adding her feeling that there is something strange or even spooky about the estate, she thinks she sees people walking about the numerous paths, "mysterious deep-shaded arbors," and gnarly trees. But what later becomes an obsession is the "sickly," "unclean," yellow wallpaper that covers the walls of the big, airy upstairs room her husband has unilaterally chosen for them. He, however, assures her ... and progress which she then reports to the doctor. "I must not let her find me writing," says the narrator. "I verily believe she thinks it is the writing ...

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