Sons and parents

[Eva Elisabeth]

Toia, re: "Would she have attempted suicide? Or would it have broken her spirit and hastened her death?"

I don't believe she would have attempted suicide or had (even despite her depressions) a respective disposition. She believed too much in obeying God's will and endure her fate (as she repeatedly hinted in her letters). Maybe she would have behaved like she did in the last months before her death (not leaving her room, refusing to see others, living in darkness etc.). She had always loved traveling, and her newly gained freedom brought her at least this pleasure or at least distraction and challenge. I think it's the best she could have done.

She was someone who highly appreciated liberty and self-determination (IMO priceless goods and way more worth than life in a golden cage), probably more than many other women in those days, and such as "two private rooms to herself, with brand new expensive furniture...a personal attendant and... a bit of freedom...meals with Dr. Patterson and his family, and...frequent buggy rides in the surrounding area", could IMO by no means have come up with what she made out of her remaining lifetime outside the confinement.

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Actually I was also aiming at what, in case her self-liberation had failed, Robert would have done (knowing she desired to get out there and her bonds back), if anything, and when (as Dr. Patterson considered long-term treatment necessary).
- Would Robert have actively seeked to take her out at some time?
- Would he have actively helped her to have her reason restored by court decision (as she actually achieved)?