The Girl Behind the Gates

by Brenda Davies

washes over Dr Stilworth. This woman is hardly recognisable as the beautiful girl he met that first morning just a few months ago. What have we done? He wants to scream and shout and bang his fists, rip away the brass observation peephole with its welded peg on the inside of the door that prevents the cover from being removed. No wonder those who are trapped in here behave as they do, regardless of the threat of further punishment. How can they win? He struggles down on his knees beside Nora, trying to somehow