Richard arrived tired and hot from the journey. He complained about the heat and the crowded bus but did not give the impression that he felt persecuted by the other passengers. He said, half jokingly, that he wanted to give Mrs K. a present and gave her his bus ticket. It soon appeared that Richard was very disturbed because he had just heard that the arrangement which his mother had made for his staying in ‘X’ for the rest of the week might be upset because