Here, the novel explicitly links the nursery to Susan, which, again, does not bode well for Mrs. Ayers. As with Roderick and his mirror, there is no rational explanation of the events. If one is to take Faraday’s approach, then the only way to interpret Mrs. Ayers’s experience is as a nervous breakdown. Otherwise, one ventures into the realm of the irrational, where Faraday refuses to go.