i did not see the monstrumologist , but i saw other patients tending shrubbery with pruning shears and watering cans , some carrying loads of laundry and baskets of bread from the washhouse and bakery , and some in leisurely perambulation about the well-tended lawn , deep in earnest conversation or convulsed in carefree laughter , as if they were holiday campers out for a sunday stroll in the park rather than patients in a lunatic asylum .