Joan Gilling had tried to commit suicide and had run away to New York City. There she had a breakdown and was treated in a big hospital where the psychiatrist had recommended group therapy. Eventually she ended up at this private asylum.
Joan has all the clippings from the newspapers about the search for Esther, so Esther finds out for the first time what happened after she crawled into the hole and took the sleeping pills. A major search had been conducted until finally, her mother had gone to the basement and heard her groans.
Esther is being treated with insulin injections that are supposed to bring on a shock that will pull her out of her illness; but she has a reaction to the medication and becomes very ill. She retreats again,.....
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