'very Well,' I Said Angrily,

It Is Only After One Is In Trouble That One Realizes How Little Sympathy And Kindness There Are In The World.

On The Wagon Sped, And I, As Well As My Comrades, Gave A Despairing Farewell Glance At Freedom As We Came In Sight Of The Long Stone Buildings.

I Was Too Impatient To Work At The Usual Duties Assigned Women On Newspapers.

But Here Let Me Say One Thing: From The Moment I Entered The Insane Ward On The Island, I Made No Attempt To Keep Up The Assumed Role Of Insanity.

I Have Never Written A Word That Did Not Come From My Heart. I Never Shall.