{"id":2858,"date":"2026-07-08T17:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2026-07-08T17:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:34:48","slug":"your-family-is-perfectly-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/your-family-is-perfectly-well\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Your family is perfectly well,&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1616\" height=\"2496\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22Your-family-is-perfectly-well22-1.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Your family is perfectly well,&quot; with gentleness;\n&quot;and some one, a friend, is come to visit you.&quot;\nI know not by what chain of thought the idea presented itself, but\nit instantly darted into my mind\nas a new incite-\nment for me to comply with his desires. I put my hand before\nmy eyes and cried out in agony\u2014\n\nHe could not\nhelp regarding my exclamation as a presumption of my guilt, and said,\nin a rather severe tone\u2014\n&quot;I should have thought, young man, that the presence of your father\nwould have been welcome&quot;\n&quot;My father!&quot; cried I, while every feature and every muscle was re-\n\nMy change of manner surprised and pleased the magistrate; perhaps\nhe thought that my former exclamation was a momentary return\nand now he instantly resumed his former\nin a moment my father en-\ntered it.\nNothing, at this moment, could have given me greater pleasure than the arrival of my father. I stretched out my hand to him and cried\u2014\n&quot;Are you then safe\u2014?&quot;\nMy father calmed me with assurances of their welfare, and endeav-\noured, by dwelling on these subjects so interesting to my heart,\n\n&quot;You travelled to seek happiness,\nyou.\nThe name of my unfortunate\nshed tears.\n&quot;yes, my father,&quot; replied I; &quot;some destiny of the\nkind hangs over me, and\n&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-2859\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22Your-family-is-perfectly-well22-1.jpg 1616w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22Your-family-is-perfectly-well22-1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22Your-family-is-perfectly-well22-1-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22Your-family-is-perfectly-well22-1-768x1186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22Your-family-is-perfectly-well22-1-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22Your-family-is-perfectly-well22-1-1326x2048.jpg 1326w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22Your-family-is-perfectly-well22-1-940x1452.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22Your-family-is-perfectly-well22-1-400x618.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1616px) 100vw, 1616px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Aaliyah Carrion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Your family is perfectly well,&#8221; with gentleness;<br>&#8220;and some one, a friend, is come to visit you.&#8221;<br>I know not by what chain of thought the idea presented itself, but<br>it instantly darted into my mind<br>as a new incite-<br>ment for me to comply with his desires. I put my hand before<br>my eyes and cried out in agony\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He could not<br>help regarding my exclamation as a presumption of my guilt, and said,<br>in a rather severe tone\u2014<br>&#8220;I should have thought, young man, that the presence of your father<br>would have been welcome&#8221;<br>&#8220;My father!&#8221; cried I, while every feature and every muscle was re-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My change of manner surprised and pleased the magistrate; perhaps<br>he thought that my former exclamation was a momentary return<br>and now he instantly resumed his former<br>in a moment my father en-<br>tered it.<br>Nothing, at this moment, could have given me greater pleasure than the arrival of my father. I stretched out my hand to him and cried\u2014<br>&#8220;Are you then safe\u2014?&#8221;<br>My father calmed me with assurances of their welfare, and endeav-<br>oured, by dwelling on these subjects so interesting to my heart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You travelled to seek happiness,<br>you.<br>The name of my unfortunate<br>shed tears.<br>&#8220;yes, my father,&#8221; replied I; &#8220;some destiny of the<br>kind hangs over me, and<br>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Aaliyah Carrion &#8220;Your family is perfectly well,&#8221; with gentleness;&#8220;and some one, a friend, is come to visit you.&#8221;I know not by what chain of thought the idea presented itself, butit instantly darted into my mindas a new incite-ment for me to comply with his desires. 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