Annie sprang down to look at her, and all of the rest followed her to the door which stood open, into the garden, for the men to bring in the bread for supper.
"Stand back! It isn't necessary for you to give her a welcome."
The newly arrived had her veil drawn tightly down over her face; but I could see that she was young, and very good looking.
In the absence of the female Receiving Officer I took her from the Clerk, and waited upon her to the reception room where she was stripped of her own clothes, and put into a bathing-tub. When she was thoroughly scrubbed and dried, she was arrayed in the uniform of the place, and sent to the shop.
There her capabilities were tried, and she was assigned to the work for which she was best adapted.
The clothes that she had taken off were carefully folded, put in a bag by themselves, and labeled, to restore to her when she went out of the prison.
When I returned to the kitchen, my girls had found out who the new prisoner was, how long a sentence she had, and what was the offense for which she had been committed.
How the facts got circulation in so short a time, was a mystery to me.
XI.
INSIDE MANAGEMENT.
In deciding upon the capabilities of the prisoners Mrs. Supervisor made herself useful.