We both exclaimed regarding the remarkable personal appearance of the woman who had addressed us first. She closely resembled, in fine bearing and apparent intellectuality, a much-beloved mutual friend in Chicago, a woman of more than local fame in scientific pursuits; it touched us deeply. With utmost simplicity and confidence this woman came and seated herself by Mrs. Andrew's side, leaning her arm across her lap, and many a time during the interview that followed, her earnest, wistful eyes met ours, while Mrs. Andrew gently stroked her shoulder, her heart almost breaking with pity as the woman told her sad story. A plaintive native song was sung by our interpreter, and tears flowed freely. After that the simple Gospel message was given. They told us then some of the painful details of the conditions under which they were living, saying that they must either meet these conditions or be expelled from the Cantonment, and added, "If we are expelled, where shall we go? we must leave all our friends, and no one will give us work. It means great hardship; we would starve." Speaking of the hateful examinations, they said the Queen had forbidden these things, but the officers yet compelled them to go on. The woman at Mrs. Andrew's side told us the following: "Some time ago a lady in Calcutta saw a woman weeping as she was going to the Lock Hospital with other women. The lady asked her why she wept. She told why she was obliged to go, and how she hated the examinations. "The lady could not understand this, but took the woman home with her, and closely questioned into the matter. Then the lady said to her, 'This ought not to be,' and promised that she would do all she could for them. Then the lady went home to England and talked to the Queen. She spoke with wonderful power in behalf of the poor women of India. She said to the Queen that she (the Queen) was a woman, and these in India were women, and their shame was the Queen's shame, and for them to be outraged was as though she (the Queen) was outraged, that it was a shame for _women_ to be treated so when a woman was Queen. Then the Queen ordered it to be stopped. But the officers still carry it on." This she added sorrowfully, all the other women joining in the assertion. Then a sudden thought came into the woman's face, and she asked: "Are you like that lady of Calcutta, going to try to do something to help us?" We told them we would work and pray for them that help might come and homes be provided for them. They blessed and thanked us over and over. We told them, "We are your sisters;" they replied, "_We are your slaves_." Then the woman whom we have especially described lifted her hand and with impressive solemnity uttered a vow that she would no longer lead a life of shame.