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It is getting to be a great effort for me to think straight. Just this nervous weakness, I suppose.

And dear John gathered me up in his arms, and just carried me upstairs and laid me on the bed, and sat by me and read to me till it tired my head.

He said I was his darling and his comfort and all he had, and that I must take care of myself for his sake, and keep well.

He says no one but myself can help me out of it, that I must use my will and self-control and not let any silly fancies run away with me.

There’s one comfort, the baby is well and happy, and does not have to occupy this nursery with the horrid wallpaper.

If we had not used it that blessed child would have! What a fortunate escape! Why, I wouldn’t have a child of mine, an impressionable little thing, live in such a room for worlds.

I never thought of it before, but it is lucky that John kept me here after all. I can stand it so much easier than a baby, you see.

Of course I never mention it to them any more,—I am too wise,—but I keep watch of it all the same.

There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will.

Behind that outside pattern the dim shapes get clearer every day.

It is always the same shape, only very numerous.

And it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern. I don’t like it a bit. I wonder—I begin to think—I wish John would take me away from here!

It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so.

This passage appears later in the story. What does it reveal about the narrator?

that her mental state is slowly deteriorating.

that she is gradually settling into the room.

that she is adapting to motherhood well.

that she is being well cared for by her husband.

The passage reveals that the narrator's mental state is slowly deteriorating. She mentions feeling a nervous weakness and having "silly fancies" that she must control. She also expresses dislike and discomfort with the horrid wallpaper in the nursery, and begins to see dim shapes and a woman creeping behind the pattern. She also mentions wanting John to take her away from the room. These statements suggest that the narrator's mental state is deteriorating and that she is becoming more and more disturbed.