Madness
Hale, Katherine
Ariel Farjeon has just come home after twelve years in a Victorian madhouse, still haunted by two images--fire and baby. Her brother Nicholas proclaims her a whore and a murderess. The people of the countryside think her chaste. Dr. Simon Desmond, called in as her physician, finds Ariel ravishing, the essence of tenderness. Against all reason, he falls completely in love with her, driven to learn the shocking truth behind her madness.