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  *These are Betsy’s words, not mine; I hesitate to copy them, but accuracy compels. V.W.

  *aboulia; a state which I can describe for the layman who reads and runs as an inhibition of will, preventing a desired action; Miss R. showed this largely in speech, almost as though she were prevented from uttering a syllable.

  *Naturally, for reasons of discretion, I cannot call this young woman by her full name. V.W.

 


 

  Shirley Jackson, The Bird's Nest

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