But she saw that I was sincere, and she felt a good woman's sympathy and compassion for me.

On my side, I did not shrink from beginning the slow and weary journey back again to a reputable life from the humblest starting-point--from domestic service.

After first earning my new character in the Refuge, I obtained a trial in a respectable house.

I worked hard, and worked uncomplainingly; but my mother's fatal legacy was against me from the first.

My personal appearance excited remark; my manners and habits were not the manners and habits of the women among whom my lot was cast.