She held in her hand his last bill--unpaid; and though she had paid a score of his bills, yet her eyesight now was nearly gone.

Her doctor called it "retinal failure"; and it had steadily advanced, whatever it was.

Now she knew that there was no hope.
She greeted the homecoming of her room-mate each nightfall with eagerness.

Annie by this time had found harder and worse paid work in another factory.

She came in with her hands scarred and torn, her nails broken and stained.