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The Nether World

CHAPTER VI
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She had quitted her former lodgings, which had no furniture but a small table and a few rags in a corner, and he discovered her in a room which was perfectly bare.

Miss Oaks was examined, and said the prisoner was employed from nine in the morning to eight at night.

The Judge: How much did you pay her per week?
Miss Oaks: Four shillings.

The Judge: Did you give her her food?
Miss Oaks: No; I only get one shilling each for the jackets myself when completed.

I have to use two sewing-machines, find my own cotton and needles, and I can, by working hard, make two in a day.


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