This was the condition of affairs when her husband was again arrested; this time for forgery.

There was no doubt about his guilt, and a sentence of five years' penal servitude followed.

Again she parted with most of her home, reducing it to one room.
With her four children round her she tried to eke out an existence.

She soon became penniless, and ultimately with her children took refuge in a London workhouse.

After a time the guardians sent the four children to their country school and nursing home, when she was free to leave the workhouse and get her own living.
She came out with a letter of introduction to the pickle factory, and obtained employment at nine shillings a week.