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& such things had been so, as said He [[underline]] "I have certainly "been very much out of order [[/underline]] - He added that his recollections had been very imperfect & confused until last Sunday (Novr. 16th) when all had become more arranged day after day from that period -- He now accounted for his leaving Himself half shaved by a calm statement -- He told Me it had been his constant practice during 18 years to shave Himself; That his Illness had made Him nervous & He confess'd He had felt uneasy at the appearance of the intended operation -- That after it had begun, when He saw the Razor brandished to continue the shaving on the other side of his face He was agitated, & could not bear to have it finished at that time but said that the next day it should be done -- During this My Attendance H.M. talked to Me on various subjects -- He complained of the light of the Windows still dazzling his Eyes, as his Confinement had been long & The Room kept darkened -- At one time He desired I would Look across the Garden to the Lower Lodge to see if I could observe any of his Children at the Windows, expressing at the same time very great anxiety to see Them & desired an Attendant might be sent to Them to request that they would shew Themselves before the Lower Lodge only for a few Minutes -- It was truely painful that it should have been
