They had come into a miserable heritage.

What became of the families of notorious criminals?
She could believe that the poor did not suffer from so cruel a notoriety, being quickly lost in the oblivious waters of poverty and distress, amid refuges and workhouses.

But what would become of her?
She must go away into endless exile, with her two little children, and live where there was no chance of being recognized.

This was what her husband's sin had done for her.
"God help me! God deliver me!" she moaned with white lips.

But she did not pray for him.