Study Guide

The Danish Girl Chapter 12

By David Ebershoff

Chapter 12

It appears that Greta has been at the doctor's office the whole time, watching her husband's exam from behind a one-way-mirror.
The doctor's assistant, Vlademar, says the X-Ray will find what's wrong with Einar: "And if it's the devil your husband's got in him […] I'll zap it out" (12.12). That's reassuring.
After the X-Ray, Einar falls asleep in a hospital bed.
Greta waits beside him for the results, but the results come back negative. No tumor, no tiny cross-dressing demon trying to get out, nothing on the X-Ray at all.
The doctor has some advice for Greta: Don't encourage him to dress like a woman—doing so will only encourage the demon within.
Greta believes she was wrong to bring Einar to this doctor.

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