CARGILL'S CRITICISM

Cargill states that the main motive for the writing of TTS is Henry's aquaintance with Freud's cases, particularly with Miss Lucy R.'s case.
Miss Lucy was an English governess from Glasgow who went to work to the house of a wealthy Vienna businessman, who was a widower, as governess to take care of his two children.
She started to be treated by Freud as she suffered from "a persistent purulent rhinitis". Freud, after some sessions, found out that her affection was psychosomatic and was related to previous episodes witihin her employer's house. During a period of time, apart from having rhinitis, she smelled burned pastry. It was found out that this was because, in one occasion, she was trying to prevent the children from reading a letter from her mother. That letter was an answer to a previous letter in which Miss Lucy revealed her love for her employer to her mother. After Freud explained to her the origins of her health problem, this ended up.
To sum up, Cargill finds many similarities between TTS and Miss Lucy's case: both governesses were very young and inexpirienced, both had rich employers, both fell in love with their employers at a first interview and both feared to express their feelings publicly. Cargill also suggests that, as Douglas conversations with the governess may have appeased her mind, Miss Lucy's sessions with Freud led her illness to an end.
I find Cargill's position suitable because the similar points between Miss Lucy and the governess in TTS does not seem to be just coincidences. In other words, he clearly justifies his idea through the similarities he states.