Butthen, in 1963, Sylvia Plath, a youngAmericanpoet whomhehad firstmetat CambridgeUniversityin 1956, and who becamehiswife in the summerof that year, committedsuicide.
He said he had told the girl's mother about his feelings for her but he said he "effectively committedsuicide" as the mother recorded their phone conversation and then passed it on to the head teacher.