accusers. In late January, I had received a moving letter

rushed at the children, shouted at them, coaxed them, told them before

the crowd how to dance and what to sing, began explaining to them

why it was necessary, and driven to desperation by their not

understanding, beat them.... Then she would make a rush at the

crowd; if she noticed any decently dressed person stopping to look,

she immediately appealed to him to see what these children "from a

genteel, one may say aristocratic, house" had been brought to. If

she heard laughter or jeering in the crowd, she would rush at once