You ought to remember; you do things you ought not to do.

It is terrible to be crazy and half conscious of it all the time--conscious that no one believes what you say or holds you responsible for what you do.' 'Don't they ?' Jerry asked, eagerly, for she knew the meaning of the word 'responsible.' 'If a crazy man or woman took the diamonds, and then forgot, and did not tell, and it was ever found out, wouldn't they be punished ?' 'Certainly not,' was the reassuring reply, 'Don't you know how many murders are committed and the murderer is not hung, because they say he is crazy ?' In a moment the cloud lifted from Jerry's face, which grew so bright that Arthur noticed the change, and said to her: 'You are better now, I see, and I must go before I undo it all.
Good-bye, and never say diamonds to me again; it gets me all in a--m a--well, a French pickle--mixed, you know.' He kissed her tenderly, and promising to take her for a drive as soon as she was able, went out and left her alone, wondering why it was that his having given the diamonds to his sister-in-law had failed in its effect upon her, and upon himself, too.
For a long time after he was gone Jerry lay thinking with her eyes closed, so that if Harold or her grandmother came in they would think her asleep.

Mr.Arthur was certainly crazy at times--very crazy.

She could swear to that, and so could many others.

And if a crazy man was not responsible for his acts, then he was not, and the law would not touch him; but with regard to the accessory, she was not sure.