I have endured all I can . To-day has seemed like a thousand years . Have you discovered what is the matter with Kilmeny ? '' `` There is nothing the matter with her , '' answered David slowly , flinging himself into a chair by the window . `` What do you mean ? '' `` Just exactly what I say . Her vocal organs are all perfect . As far as they are concerned , there is absolutely no reason why she should not speak . '' `` Then why ca n't she speak ? Do you think -- do you think -- '' `` I think that I can not express my conclusion in any better words than Janet Gordon used when she said that Kilmeny can not speak because her mother would n't . That is all there is to it . The trouble is psychological , not physical . Medical skill is helpless before it . There are greater men than I in my profession ; but it is my honest belief , Eric , that if you were to consult them they would tell you just what I have told you , neither more nor less . '' `` Then there is no hope , '' said Eric in a tone of despair . `` You can do nothing for her ? '' David took from the back of his chair a crochet antimacassar with a lion rampant in the center and spread it over his knee . `` I can do nothing for her , '' he said , scowling at that work of art . `` I do not believe any living man can do anything for her . But I do not say -- exactly -- that there is no hope . ''
`` Come , David , I am XXXXX no mood for guessing riddles .
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