Every day at 4:30, I can find Jean not in her room but in the Activity Room with an electric broom, carefully going over the carpets, vacuuming every bit of dust or dirt. This is not something Jean is required to do, it’s something she wants to do.

“I need to do it,” she said, stopping to pat Red and talk to him. She paused for a moment, and then told me she got some letters from different cities, and she thanked me and asked me to thank the people who are sending them.

She put her hand on her arm, and turned back to the vacuum cleaner, which she switched on and resumed her vacuuming. “I need to get back to work.”

I told her the room looked wonderful. You can write Jean c/o The Mansion, 11 S. Union Street, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816. Easter is coming up, and your letters and presents are beginning to arrive. They are all being stories with Katie Perez, the Mansion Director, she is keeping them in her office.