"I will show it to you now, because I have time."
I really had not time to look at it, as any one of common powers of
observation would have seen; but, as she was my superior officer, I
followed her without further remark.
As she passed through the prison, and saw the men at work, she gave me
another illustration of her luminous capacity by remarking,--
"You must be careful and not let your women get with the men."
"Yes, ma'am."
She took me up the sixth flight of stairs into the roof of the prison,
into a room where the receiving officer packs away the clothing that he
takes off the convicts when they come into the prison. After showing me
the dust on the floor, and cobwebs on the walls, she said,--
"You had better send one of your women up to clean it. I always begin at
the top when I clean house."
"I don't see how I can spare one to-day. If the Deputy will send me in
one to do it, I will do my best to oversee it. But you see how
inconvenient that will be, it is so far up here, and there is so much
going on in the kitchen."
"It won't be much to clean this."
I thought, but did not say it, it might appear differently to you if you
were to do it. I should consider it a good day's work for two strong
women.