the maid had run away to cry hysterically in the kitchen ; mr . bostwick was singing " o promise me ; " the professor was trying to kick the globes off the chandelier ; mrs . bostwick had switched her recitation to " the boy stood on the burning deck , " and bessie had stolen into the parlor and was pounding out the overture from the " flying dutchman . " the senator was not at all sure he would not go crazy himself , presently ; so he slipped away from the turmoil , and , catching up his had and coat in the hall , hurried from the house . that night he sat up late writing a political speech he was to deliver the next afternoon at faneuil hall , but his experiences at the bostwicks ' had so unnerved him that he could scarcely collect his thoughts , and often he would pause and shake his head pityingly as he remembered the strange things he had seen in that usually respectable home .
the senator was not at all sure he would not go crazy himself .
why did the senator leave ?
why did the senator leave ?