sentences:  Convinced she has become a threat to herself and others, he reluctantly commits her to an institution, where she undergoes treatment for six months.Left alone with his three children, Nick proves to be neither wiser nor better than his wife in the way he relates to and interacts with them or accepts the role society expects him to play.After six months Mabel returns home but she is not prepared to do so emotionally or mentally, and neither is her husband prepared correctly for her return.