She probably intended, in time, to have pardoned her; but time was not allowed.
WE must pardon and do good for evil, as God has pardoned us and rendered good for evil in Jesus Christ.
I was in the midst of these preparations for appeal the next day when I learned to my surprise that the President had pardoned the women.
"The man's name is Tom Jackson; he is a noted gambler and forger, has been convicted of manslaughter and other crimes, sent to the penitentiary and pardoned out.
Georgina, the third, was still at school under similar circumstances, and was pardoned her egregious noisiness and romping propensities under the score of youth.
This was the best apology of any that had been offered; natural affection was the pleader; and though blinded to its true interest, such weakness had an amiable source, and so was pardoned.
Moreover, I was amazed that since the President had said he considered the treatment of the women "shocking," he had pardoned them without stating that he did so to correct a grave injustice.