"Mrs. Ruthven is comfortable and happy in the luxury provided. She is
very sweet and docile with us all--and we are careful not to irritate
her or to have anything intrude which might excite or cause the
slightest shock to her.
"Yesterday, standing at the window, she caught sight of a passing negro,
and she turned to me like a flash and said:
"'The Tenth Cavalry were there!'
"She seemed rather excited for a moment--not unpleasantly--but when I
ventured to ask her a question, she had quite forgotten it all.
"I meant to thank you for sending me the revolver and cartridges. It
seemed a silly request, but we are in a rather lonely place, and I think
Miss Bond and I feel a little safer knowing that, in case of necessity,
we have _something_ to frighten away any roaming intruder who might take
it into his head to visit us.
"One thing we must be careful about: yesterday Mrs. Ruthven had a doll
on my bed, and I sat sewing by the window, not noticing what she was
doing until I heard her pretty, pathetic little laugh.
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