The Fourth of July has passed. The narrator has had some company, but now she is tired.
John threatens to send her to Weir Mitchell if she doesn’t get better, but she doesn’t want that – she’s had friends treated by the man and apparently he’s just like John.
Her mind grows more chaotic as she begins randomly crying.
She stays alone in her room or walks in the garden.
She grows more obsessed with the wallpaper and is determined to find a purpose to the pattern.