She left her relations and their bitter bread and came to London, and struggled with those who struggled, and saw how Temptation spreads her net for bleeding feet.
Because she loved Hester she accepted from her half her slender pin-money.

Hester had said, "If I were poor, Rachel, how would you bear it if I would not let you help me ?" And Rachel had wept slow, difficult tears, and had given Hester the comfort of helping her.

The greater generosity was with Rachel, and Hester knew it.
And as Rachel's fortunes sank, Hester's rose.

Lady Susan Gresley had one talent, and she did not lay it up in a napkin.

She had the art of attracting people to her house, that house to which Mrs.West had never forced an entrance.