A Sister of Charity told her that they had been obliged to remove her husband to the Asylum of Sainte-Anne, because the day before he had suddenly gone wild.

Oh! a total leave-taking of his senses; attempts to crack his skull against the wall; howls which prevented the other patients from sleeping.

It all came from drink, it seemed.

Gervaise went home very upset.

Well, her husband had gone crazy.
What would it be like if he came home?
Nana insisted that they should leave him in the hospital because he might end by killing both of them.
Gervaise was not able to go to Sainte-Anne until Sunday.