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WRONGS OF WOMAN.
[CH. IX.
master for money to buy even a pair of shoes.
"I grew sick at heart. And, fearing Mr. Venables might enter, and oblige me to express my abhorrence, I hastily enquired where she lived, promised to pay her two shillings a week more, and to call on her in a day or two; putting a trifle into her hand as a proof of my good intention.
"If the state of this child affected me, what were my feelings at a discovery I made respecting Peggy———?[1]
- ↑ The manuscript is imperfect here. An episode seems to have been intended, which was never committed to paper.Editor.
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