Dr. Kimble decides to break his relationship with a woman, to continue their eternal quest and find the one-armed man. In issuing its decision, she reacts violently and she ends up clawing his face. In the solitude of his room, Kimble is visited by his girlfriend's sister and her husband, telling him that she has disappeared. The next morning, the woman appears, beaten and raped, when recovering, she decides to take revenge, refusing to reveal the identity of his assailant. Kimble, under his false identity, is charged with assault, arrested and imprisoned.