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 I was very tired and went to bed right after dinner. In the morning I was awakened by Mr. Thaw knocking on the door asking me to come to breakfast, saying that the coffee was getting cold. I immediately jumped out of bed and hastily dressed. I walked out of my room and sat down to breakfast with said Thaw.

"After breakfast, he said he wished to tell me something and asked me to step into my bedroom. I entered the bedroom, when Thaw without any provocation grasped me by the throat.

"I saw by his face that he was in a dreadfully excited condition. His eyes were glaring and his hands grasped a raw-hide whip.

"He seized hold of me, placed his fingers in my mouth and tried to choke me. He then without the slightest provocation inflicted on me several severe blows with the rawhide whip, so severely that my skin was cut and bruised.

"I begged him to desist, but he refused.

"I shouted and I cried.

"He stopped then for a minute to rest, and then renewed his attack on me, beating me with the raw-*hide whip.

"I screamed for help, but no one heard me; the servants did not hear me for the reason that they were in the other end of the castle.

"Thereupon the said Thaw renewed his brutal attacks until I was unable to move.