A town learns that remains have been brought to the estate clinic, prompting a newspaper editor to prepare a report. He orders his staff to remove all details linking the discovery to Blackwood Manor and the victim's condition, demanding they print only that an unidentified young woman was found. The editor's son accuses him of protecting the family's reputation over public safety, revealing their missing sister Nora vanished around the same time. The editor refuses to run a notice for Nora, dismissing a claim she ran off with a drifter, and insists the paper will only mention the unknown victim, leaving the fate of both women shrouded in secrecy.