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6 FEMALE LIFE IN PBISON.
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as this occurring : " Miss G ., I ' m going to break out to-night . " Persuasion * ' Oh , nonsense is ! erall yon won attempted 't think first of as any breakings such foll out y , are I ' m exceed sure . " -
ing " Well ly inconvenient I ' ve made gen . y " I ' m mind sure that I ' shall s , what then for . " ; I shall " What break for out ? " up my
but to-ni I ght must , , see break if I don out 't ! " It ' iC s Has so , dull any one here offended I ' m sure you to ? break " "N— out hoj . "
, . , * " dark And ' then " is you the 'll answer go to . the And ' dark then . '" the "I amiable want to promise go to the is
frequentl and stri , ps y of kept sheets , and and the " blankets glass shatters are passed out sent of for throug the and window h , there or left frames is in a a ; heap in the cellsand the guards are
scuffling , and fighting , , and scratching , and screaming , , that Pandemonium might equal , —nothing else . " _instance
Considerable method is sometimes shown , as in one where two women contrived to lock up a matron in an empty cell , and then dashed down the ward , darting from one cell to another , ventilationand
all of which were at the moment in process of , g destroyed lass . One the desperat windows e successivel woman , of y , the to the name number of McDermot of 350 panes _, after of
having expected destroying . smashed " her Hollo blanket her , " was windows , by her the salut , men was ation , caug who , ht " came you in 're the sooner in usual a hurry than act this she of
morning blanket blanket being ; ! I just won finished wait 't keep , there " you with ' s more good promp than fellows titude half , and till a despatch minute I ' ve . finished " , " she And went the my
, ; off The quietl reall y to contag the " dark ious . " influence of this sort of . thing upon the
nerves is shown y bthe confession of a matron who has since left the servicewho told the y author of the book ( in confidenceand with a
comical , expression of horror on her countenance ) that she , was afraid she should break out herselfthe temptation appeared so irresistible .
, < c I have beenused to so different a life , —father , mother , brothers , and sistersall , round melight-hearted and happy , —that it is like
occupation becoming . , a prisoner I assure you oneself , , Miss to follow , that this , when tedious I hear and the incessant glass
_^ confession shattering tingle , and , is and I a want commentary the to women break on something screaming the whole , dreadfull my question temp y les ! " and throb This leads , singular my one ears to
" consider what could be devised as a safety valve , , or whether these outbursts must be submitted to as part of the inevitable reaction . individual
i from against society necessary The punishment dailwalk by by twos sequestration and twos of round the the prison
yard , the prayers . and sermon y in chapel , do not sufficiently diversify . the monotonous tenor of prison days , to carry off the nervous
• electricit Now and y of then these the diseased women organizations become insane . but it is hard to say
, : whether the seeds of madness lurked in them before or no . Celes _*
6 Female Life In Pbison.
6 FEMALE LIFE IN _PBISON .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1862, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091862/page/6/
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