A woman moves to the city after she separates from her husband, who now has two mistresses. She is depressed and attempts to read in order to sharpen her mind but can only sustain this habit for six weeks. To help herself, she attempts to see a doctor; she does not like him and visits the office of a female doctor, but she returns to the first after she watches the female doctor fight with a man at her office. The male doctor often appears to be distracted and uninterested. He does not take notes. The woman is explicit about how she does not like him, which upsets the doctor, but this makes her feel better somehow. She explains that she always feels a "wall" when she talks to another person face-to-face, but she no longer feels that way with him. However, she becomes more cynical and soon stops speaking to most people. After some more sessions with the doctor, she gains her sense of humor again and begins to communicate with people. She is not sure how the process of therapy ends, but does not want to take action and be the one to end it, as she has a passive personality.