human
Who is she?
gpt
She's a bouncer; don't you know her?
human
No.
gpt
Why, that's Mrs. Winslow, old Lyons' soothing syrup; and old Lyon's one of the children--'teething,' added the Doctor with a hearty laugh.
human
But she's a tigress!
gpt
I believe I have seen her somewhere before.
human
Quite so, quite so; undoubtedly you have.
gpt
And I think in the West, too,
human
Exactly--Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville--everywhere, in fact. One might call her a social floater, and not be far out of the way either. She used to live at Terre Haute.
gpt
Terre Haute? Why, of course! I knew I had seen her somewhere.
human
Yes, she lived a few miles out, up the Wabash river, for years. Her husband's name was Oxford, or Hosford, or something of the kind.
gpt
Yes?
human
Yes, replied the Doctor;
gpt
I didn't know her personally, but I knew _of_ her there. That's where she first went off the hook--and--and became one of us.
human
Is she a remarkable character?
gpt
A remarkable character? Why, sir, she's a wonderful woman--a perfect Satan. I wouldn't have her get after me, said the Doctor, shaking his head protestingly
human
And is _she_, too, a spiritualist?
gpt
A spiritualist? Why, of course she is; and, what is more, I sometimes think she really believes in her own mummeries.
human
What has become of her family?
gpt
Oh, gone to the devil, I presume, just like everybody she has had anything to do with--just as old Lyon is certain to do, too.
human
Then this Oxford or Hosford is not living at Terre Haute now?
gpt
Couldn't tell you that, replied the Doctor; and then, suddenly returning to the subject and putting the brandy-bottle into a little closet with a slam as footsteps were heard coming up the stairs,