CHAPTER THREE
Innocuous, Oliver Thredson always went unnoticed. To tell the truth, Richard did not even know that there was a psychiatrist in the establishment. With what he had understood, he was only here for a while, because of some unclear reasons. He had to take advantage of it to show to everyone the fact that they did a mistake, that he was only here because of a mistake and that he had nothing to no with all of those madmen.
If at the beginning the sessions were typical, it didn't persisted for long. Oliver didn't delay diving profoundly into the unconscious of his patient, and discovered secrets which Richard himself wasn't conscious of. Towards all the ethical codes, he kept his breakthroughs for him. Richard himself wasn't informed about anything, anyway he was too busy wondering where Lady Ann was.
Did I forget to tell you lady Ann's arrival ? It's possible, there are so many things I would like to relate you, you couldn't believe your ears! Well, it's not really important.
To summarize, Lady Ann could be Richard's double, in woman. She comes from a noble and wealthy family. However she has a completely normal morphology, no scoliosis. Very beautiful, she's claiming have been locked by strength and without any reason. Although she gives no reason of her confinement, Richard thinks that it's because she is too intelligent for a woman of her time, too bulky too. Quickly, she becomes her only friend, her confidante. Both speak together in the hall, trying to talk louder than Dominique's song. Richard had accommodated himself to this song, he knows every single word now.
Even if Lady Ann brought some touches of cheerfulness every single day, life still remains so hard. Arden continues his experiments always more painful, Mary Eunice invests in new whips and his sessions at the psychologist never leave him with any memory. He always emerges more tired, with an even stronger headache. Oliver seems to be falsely surprised about his amnesia, like if at the end that suited him a lot.
For her dearest friend the life was not easy either. She was suspected of homosexuality and not a lot of patients of the asylum were friendly with her. He defended her as he could but it was not really usefulness. She went to see Doctor Arden too, but she has never spoken about it. Richard doesn't want to know what he made to her either. One day, coming back from a session at Arden's office, she raised a blue on her skinny face. Richard tried to know more about it but he hadn't been able to pull out anything. A group of patients took her to task, seeing this blue as a punishment for her sin, and beat up her. All were put in isolation, even her, "in case of". She was able to get out again two days later, the others hadn't this chance. They were all found poisoned in their cell, the pale skin, bloodshot eyes. One more time, people accused Bloody Face, but nothing was proved. Tens of inquiries were led, none brought new tracks. The ideal guilty remained the same.
However, someone knew who was responsible for all of this. This man/woman was coming unnoticed, listening to the walls, noting a few things, leaving away.
