Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           Heconsideredhimselfaveryconservativeman,andhewouldhavetolearninhisownway,andinhisowngoodtime,whoandwhathehadhere.

           Asthedayswentby,NurseDonnaEgardiscoveredthatshewasprettymuchonaone-to-onebasiswithMilligan.Hesleptverylittle,farlessthanmostoftheotherpatients,andwakedearly,soshegottotalktohimagreatdeal.Hespokeabouttheotherpeoplewholivedwithhiminsidehisbody.

           Onedayhehandedherasheetofpaperwithwritingalloveritandsigned"Arthur."Heseemedquitefrightened,saying,"Idon’tknowanybodynamedArthur,andIdon’tunderstandwhat’swrittenonthepaper."

           SoonthestaffwascomplainingtoDr.Georgethattheyfounditincreasinglydifficulttodealwithsomeonewhoconstantlysaid,"Ididn’tdothat,someoneelsedid,"whentheyhadseenithappenwiththeirowneyes.Milligan,theysaid,wasunderminingthetreatmentofotherpatients,manipulatingthestaffbygoingfromonetotheothertogetwhathewanted.HeconstantlyhintedthatRagenmightcomeoutandhandlematters,andthestaffsawthisasaveiledthreat.

           Dr.GeorgesuggestedthathebetheonetodealwithMilligan’salterpersonalities,andthenonlyintherapysessions.Thestaffshouldnotmentionordiscusstheothernamesontheunit,especiallynotinfrontoftheotherpatients.