The
Doctor pushed the paperwork across the table for Jane to sign; a flurry
of dust leapt from the pages making delicate curlicues in the beam of
sunlight from the window, and peering over his glasses at her the good
Doctor waited expectantly.
Anticipating her reluctance, Thomas moved forward in his seat and cupped her elbow with his broad farmer's hand “This is the right thing to do Sister, just sign now.” Perceived as weak willed by both men, Jane battled her own reluctance to sign, and the pressure from her brother in law, and her Doctor. “Gentlemen, I would be grateful for just a moment, please.”
Thomas now fearing Jane would back away from the agreements he had worked so hard to achieve sat back in the leather chair and closed his mouth tightly, his hands echoing the tension in his face sat clasped and ridged in his lap.
Raising her eyes high to the oak lined walls, and the oil paintings of far off England, she mentally checked off all her options one last time. She knew that even without their insistence, there was no good or viable choice but this, and she resolved to sign now and quickly, before she had a change of heart.
Sensing her shift the Doctor dipped the pen into the ink well and held it out towards her. She applied it’s ink laden nib to the paper and signed purposefully, ‘Jane Kinzett’, and thereby committed her husband to the Lunatic Asylum.
Anticipating her reluctance, Thomas moved forward in his seat and cupped her elbow with his broad farmer's hand “This is the right thing to do Sister, just sign now.” Perceived as weak willed by both men, Jane battled her own reluctance to sign, and the pressure from her brother in law, and her Doctor. “Gentlemen, I would be grateful for just a moment, please.”
Thomas now fearing Jane would back away from the agreements he had worked so hard to achieve sat back in the leather chair and closed his mouth tightly, his hands echoing the tension in his face sat clasped and ridged in his lap.
Raising her eyes high to the oak lined walls, and the oil paintings of far off England, she mentally checked off all her options one last time. She knew that even without their insistence, there was no good or viable choice but this, and she resolved to sign now and quickly, before she had a change of heart.
Sensing her shift the Doctor dipped the pen into the ink well and held it out towards her. She applied it’s ink laden nib to the paper and signed purposefully, ‘Jane Kinzett’, and thereby committed her husband to the Lunatic Asylum.
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