Ora de aur

Mary keeps her head down at the asylum because she needs the job. It feels like she is trading her soul for a paycheck every single day.

“In those days, we called it public health.”

The way Nettie treats the patients is hard to read. She uses science to justify being cruel.

Wealthy people in the story use charity to feel better about themselves. They do not actually see the women they are supposedly saving.

Mary finds out her own past is linked to the girls behind bars. It makes her realize how thin the line is between being free and being locked away.