Mrs. Marden's ordeal

Warren Craig, her husband, had stood on a quiet suburban street near the local school and exposed his penis to a group of little girls. He had tried to entice them closer to him, but after whispering among themselves, the children had run off. Warren had followed them a short way, his trousers still open and his penis out. He had remained in the area for almost an hour, eventually working his way to the school's then-deserted playground. By that time one of the children had run home, told her mother what had happened, and the tearful mother had called the police. When the patrol car arrived at the playground, Warren was sitting on one of the swings. Two ten-year-old girls watched him, giggling, while he pulled his penis out of his open fly and then stuffed it back inside his pants again. The girls had come to the station as witnesses when the police brought him in. For Elaine, ordeal followed upon ordeal. Talking to the psychiatrist had been worse than being told what had happened by the police. "If there's anything you can tell me, anything at all, Mrs ...»