Miss Ruddock is lost in a society that has no firm limits. In the past, a neighbourly interest was welcomed, but no personal contact has ever been started by her with the young family she is spying on, nor with them to her. The church once offered security and help, when the vicar offered by showing her his cross, but she dismisses it by saying that a cross does not mean anything nowadays. It is no longer an effective symbol. She criticises the prison system, claiming they spend too much money on them. But when she is sent to prison, she has a different outlook on life. She is now a changed woman, and is much happier than she ever was before. Ironically, when she was in the outside world, she was...