He ordered in bread to supply the deficiency. In that case it was the mismanagement of the hash, by a new hand, when "dished out," which would have been prevented had I been there to oversee it.
VI.
FIRST NIGHT ALONE IN PRISON.
The four Matrons took the evening watch, alone in prison, in rotation. It was a rule that one of them was to be always there, when the prisoners were in. They were not to be left by themselves a moment.
The one who had charge was to be alone; the other three were at liberty, one to go about the buildings or grounds, two to go out of the prison confines, if they liked. It was my turn to be alone in prison.
Immediately after they had been locked into their cells, and the other Matrons had left, Haggerton began to complain of her coffee.
"What is the matter with your coffee?" I asked.
"It is cold," she replied.
"I am sorry; but I can't help it now."
Upon that she began to fret. "I haven't eaten any breakfast, nor any dinner, and I've worked hard all day, and staid an hour later,"—some of them had staid till eight o'clock that night in the shop—"and now I can't eat any supper because my coffee is cold. I'll tell the Master, and he'll make an awful fuss."
Of course I could not allow such talk as that, and I told her to stop.