Because her coworker Rita kept her eyes on her work and never said much, Laura concluded that Rita wasn't very smart. But when a
new procedure was introduced on their floor and Laura made several errors, Rita showed her a simple way to remember each step. Laura made the mistake of
“The Wives of the Dead” was first published in 1832 in The Token, an annual, along with three other stories, “My Kinsman, Major Molineux,” “The Gentle Boy,”