Record a quote from paragraph 1 that shows how the narrator feels about Dr. Heidegger's visitors. (RL 1) Download pdf

"I will merely hint that Dr. Heidegger and all his four guests were sometimes thought to be a little beside themselves--as is not unfrequently the case with old people, when worried either by present troubles or woful recollections."

Explanation:

"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story is about the experiment of Dr. Heidegger to become and remain young. He called it 'Fountain of Youth."

Dr. Heidegger invites his four friends who were advanced in age, to his workroom. The visitors that Dr. Heidegger had in his workroom were Mr. Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew, Mr. Gascoigne, and Widow Wycherly. The narrator feels that Dr. Heidegger's visitors were distraught and overcome by the grief of their unsuccessful life.