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[page 812] see her. And when I came into the hospital I said to Dr. Sanborn, "how is she?" "O, about as usual, comfortably; about as usual." And then I stepped on a little ways. "O, she got into a little difficulty with one of the patients, and she struck her a little. But she is about as usual." Said I, "I would like to go up. They always allowed, and told me to go up into the room. I went up to the door and the Dr. turned the key and I stepped into the hall, and I saw two women coming towards me. I didn't pay any particular attention to them until they came up close to me, and then I saw that one wore the dress of that patient, and I only knew her by her dress. A face I had known for more than 30 years. I did not know it until I saw the dress she wore. Then I immediately recognized her. And I inquired into the circumstance. Her condition was this: Her eyes were blackened precisely as if a black plaster had been put over them and then had been taken away