Lucy And the Doctors
“Even though Bonham had enemies, in the end not everyone was as loyal to Stiles as he wanted to believe. When the gavel fell, they abandoned him as the expendable bastard Judge Bonham had always suggested he was.Posthumously, Bonham was savaged. Dr. Litman produced the order proving that the judge had indeed relinquished custody of his wife and ward to St. Bart’s, and upheld St. Bart’s right to transfer it to the doctors who wanted to study Lucy. Both Dr. Thomas Allard and Dr. Benedict Crane testified that Lucy had been unfairly committed to the asylum, and in their professional opinion did not suffer from the disease of nymphomania.Without going into the particulars of their relationship, Lucy testified to the kindness of the men who’d saved her and pleaded to remain in their custody. The court agreed, as the presiding judges all agreed that the fragile young woman would likely benefit from the ongoing care of the two noted physicians.The harrowing ordeal was over at last, and when th...e doctors returned home with their ward it was as a secret family no longer under threat of any kind.“I’m so glad it’s over,”MoreLess
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