She finds her mental illness very difficult to cope with.

Bertha's description of her as having flat red hair, a receding chin and long ear-rings was impressionistically accurate.

The species may be a relict of former stages of historical vegetation and landscape development resulting from past climate changes (glacial and post- glacial periods).

'For', says she, 'he is run off I know not where, but as he makes his bed, must he lie on't; and if he run away for his pleasure, may stay away for mine.