They asked again how she came to arrive at Wyatt's. She explained, with exasperation, for the third or fourth time, her final escape from Joe leading to her appearance here. She supplied them with the memorable details of her excursion through the woods, explaining how she fell a number of times but got up and continued running until she saw the light from the house. "Even after I got inside the house they came after me. They were relentless."

After the continual inquiries, an ...