John is a physician, and perhaps — (I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind) — perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster.
John is practical in the extreme. He has no patience with faith, an intense horror of superstition, and he scoffs openly at any talk not to be felt and seen and put down in figures.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, 6