She was just passing through on foot, her worldly goods in a sack over her back. Lavinia Cooley found herself staring at a man sitting near a crackling fire and she froze. The woman looked away and said, "I am only passing through, please don't pay me any mind." The lovely woman gazed at him with her light blue eyes and a slight smile on her face. She made sure not to get too close so as not to startle anyone.