text:  It was even more dangerous in the time period that Helen Keller lived in. And I think that's what happened with Helen is that she couldn't bear to lose this person. And so she did feel obliged, even though it wasn't right for her. And I think that that was the choice that Helen had to make over and over again in her life. I think that Helen Keller really had to sacrifice a lot of her happiness for the people that she said she loved. Which was something Elsa knew a little bit about, too.