"Had you economized with the money your husband left, you would not be in such sore straits." Mrs.Stevens was shocked and indignant.

She wept and asked for time.

Ann Linkon, who had never forgiven Dorothe Stevens for the ducking she had caused her, now boldly declared that she had all along told the truth and, shaking her gray head, repeated: "She is a hussy.

She hath driven John to sea and perchance to death.

She is a hussy." No one attempted to prevent Ann's tongue from wagging, and to the unfortunate Dorothe it was quite evident that she was no longer the favorite of Jamestown.
"When John comes back, all will change," she thought; but, alas, the months crept slowly by, and John came not.