When Irwin seduces her, he is very surprised to discover that Esther is a virgin. Irwin takes Esther to a French restaurant, where she is greedy for butter and wine after the dull institution food that she's been eating. In addition, one of his "ladies," as he refers to them, appears on the doorstep while he is entertaining Esther, and she sees that this woman is a sensual Slavic type, so Esther feels that Irwin is sexually qualified for the job too. He is a professor of mathematics, and thus, Esther reasons, he is intelligent enough to be allowed to have sex with her. Esther has met a man named Irwin on the library steps and decides to go to bed with him. When Joan asks Esther if she'll come and visit, Esther lies and says, "Of course."Īctually, Esther does go visit Joan, but the visit is not like either of them would have imagined. During their conversation, Esther's mind drifts to her diaphram, which lies in a bottom drawer of her dresser. Esther's doctors don't want her to live with her mother, and she has to wait for the winter term of her college to begin. Esther is "staying on at the asylum," as Plath insists upon calling the mental institutions described in her book. Their relationship is deteriorating, and Esther is envious because Joan is going to move into an apartment with Nurse Kennedy in Cambridge. Joan declares that she's going to be a psychiatrist, as she and Esther sip apple cider.
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