She was dead in her shame and her sin; and her name should never be mentioned among them she belonged to henceforth for ever.' "This was what I remember in the letter, sir.

A shocking and unchristian letter I said; and the clergyman he said so too.
"She was buried in the poor corner of the churchyard.

They marked out the place, in case anybody should ever want to see it, by cutting the two letters M.G., and the date of when she died, upon a board of wood at the head of the grave.

The clergyman then give me the hair bracelet and the handkerchief, and said, 'You keep these as careful as you keep the child; for they may be of great importance one of these days.

I shall seal up the letter (which is addressed to me) and put it in my strong box.' He'd asked me, before this, if I'd thought of what a responsibility it was for such as me to provide for the baby.