At seventeen she was thrust into society, set up for sale to the highest bidder, her condition nearer that of a Circassian than a Christian maiden, with her mother as slave-dealer.
So it was and so, it is.

You may see the thing every day.

But it did not come out according to Mrs.Dinneford's programme.

There was a highest bidder; but when he came for his slave, she was not to be found.
Well, the story is trite and brief--the old sad story.

Among her suitors was a young man named Granger, and to him Edith gave her heart.