An old woman named Amalie blacks out while watering her plants. After she awakes she thinks about how she made her will a long time ago in which she promised many of her possessions to her friend Evelyn. Amalie blacks out a second time after she finished brushing her teeth right before bed. Amalie thinks about how she had a cancerous growth some time ago. She chose to ignore it until it was about to burst. The surgeon was able to successfully remove the growth itself and all the malignant sites. Amalie blacks out a third time while in line at the bank. She refuses the offer for medical treatment from bystanders. Eventually, she goes to see Dr. Freundlich. He offers her treatment, but Amalie refuses. Amalie later develops a neck problem. She goes to see Dr. Freundlich again after he returned from his vacation. He recommends hospitalization, but Amalie refuses. Amalie blacks out a fourth time at her apartment, and this time her condition deteriorates much more severely. Over the winter, people including Evelyn visit her at her house. She has given up driving her car. However, her condition improves at the onset of spring. Unfortunately, Amalie ‘s condition worsens once again. Many of the people that she could call upon to visit her are unavailable. She tries to beckon death but does not know how. She gets up to go to the bathroom. While inside, she accidentally hits her head on the basin and dies.