Anemone expounds on how they have a lot of evidence of ghosts here and the various things she's heard in the past that support this conclusion.

The plane lands; they get a hotel, then the investigators-- minus Mordred, who figures that discretion is the better part of valor here-- go to the address on the letter nearest to downtown.

As they travel in the streetcar, on either side of the road, branches reach out, dripping with Spanish moss, grasping for the meager sunlight that makes it out of the overcast sky and through the arched trees above. Everything smells wet and still.

Zoe loves how heavy the air is in the south. You can smell all the plants in it.

Lacie doesn't, really. But it's always interesting to travel even when it isn't fun.

They arrive at a building. The smell of the harbor comes to them through the humid air, so thick with people’s sweat that it feels like they could wring the sky itself out and make it rain. It's a hulking, red-brick Victorian building with tall narrow windows and Gothic details. Kudzu grows over half the building, choking out windows and holding the place like a green fist, pulling it down to earth. Its blend of looming verticality and decorative details means it could have been anything from an imposing school to an artful hospital, but it is and has always been a hospital.

A sign out front says: JOY GROVE SANITARIUM.

Figures.

Zoe shudders and makes a face.

They sign in the visitors' log and say that they're visiting Douglas Henslowe.

"--Excuse me," a man says. "Did you mention Douglas Henslowe?"

"Yes," Zoe says.

"I'm Doctor Keaton, Mr. Henslowe's doctor."

"Perhaps he's mentioned a Mr. Winston to you before? We're here on behalf of his estate."

"Ah, yes he has, yes he has," Doctor Keaton says. "An old friend of Mr. Henslowe's, is he not?"

"Was. He died recently."

"Oh," Doctor Keaton says. "I am very sorry to hear that. I am sure Mr. Henslowe will be devastated by his loss."

"It seems like they meant a lot to each other. Would it be all right if we could see Mr. Henslowe to deliver the news?"

"Absolutely," Doctor Keaton says. "Why don't I take you on a tour of the place, and then you can interview Mr. Henslowe? You ladies seem the charitable sort, and I'm sure you'd love to see what we've done with our limited resources."

"Of course, thank you."

"Now, before you can enter the residential wings or speak to a patient, you will have to sign these waivers, in case the patients act out." He laughs a little bit. "It's Bedlam, after all."

(The waiver signs away the signer's right to sue in the event of offense, shock, assault, or battery.)

"Did Henslowe speak of Winston often?" Lacie asks, conversationally, as she does. "We know there were plenty of letters."

"He did, he did," Dr. Keaton says. "They were together, you know, in the... incident... in 1924."

"Yes, that's what we've heard. We haven't actually heard much of what exactly happened. It does seem to have left quite an impact though."

"Tragic business. Winston was never the same."

"He would never talk about it with any of us."

"I'm afraid that Mr. Henslowe won't be much help, given his"-- the doctor chuckles again-- "delusions. Fascinating psychologically, the things the mind comes up with to cope with a harsh reality."

"Would you be able to prepare us, before we go in? None of us would like to upset him, especially given the news we're delivering."

"Perhaps," Dr. Keaton says, "but I wouldn't want to scare you girls with such... harsh realities.-- Now, Joy Grove Sanitarium was founded in 1897 as a shining example of medicine, to elevate the standard of care for the insane in Savannah."

Dr. Keaton begins to lead the tour. Oversized windows are sealed with iron bars and overgrown with ivy. Decorative light fixtures stare at you like accusing yellow eyes. Iron gates and grilles choke elegant arched corridors. Years of grime and soot cake the elaborate skylights. Fine tile work was undermined by years of water damage and patient abuse. He takes the investigators through the basement (kitchen, cafeteria, game room, medical exam room) and the first floor (entry hall, reception, file room, locker room, offices, break room for staff, dispensary).

Dr. Keaton is definitely looking for the money from Mr. Winston's estate: Mr. Winston was a wealthy man. Dr. Keaton is a Southern gentleman and wants to respect ladies, but he likes the attention he gets from talking about his patients and wants a chance to talk about his most personally fascinating patient.

This is a very well-constructed and elegant building in spite of the years of neglect!

Dr. Keaton mostly seems to be discussing how the cutting-edge and progressive his hospital is, so Mrs. Winston-Rogers should give him money.