Several of the guests describe unusual behaviors exhibited by the patients and then proceed to act them out Maillard occasionally tries to calm them down, and the narrator seems very concerned by their behavior and passionate imitations. A large and lavish spread of food is served, but the narrator notices a great many candles placed all over the table and room, as well as a musical ensemble whose performance becomes increasingly loud and cacophonous as the meal progresses. The narrator tours the grounds of the hospital and is invited to dinner, which is attended by a group of people in overly gaudy, ill-fitting clothing. The narrator is shocked to learn that the system of soothing has been abandoned and replaced with one partly devised by Maillard. A companion with whom he is travelling knows Monsieur Maillard, the hospital superintendent, and introduces the narrator to him before riding ahead. The story follows an unnamed narrator who visits a mental institution in southern France (more accurately, a " Maison de Santé") known for a revolutionary new method of treating mental illnesses called the "system of soothing". First published in Graham's Magazine in November 1845, the story centers on a naïve and unnamed narrator's visit to a mental asylum in the southern provinces of France. " The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" is a dark comedy short story by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. First page of the story in Graham's Magazine (November 1845)
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