BOOK VI
HER PUNISHMENT

I EVENING AT BLEAKRIDGE
II A RENDEZVOUS
III AT THE WORKS
IV THE CALL FROM BRIGHTON
V THURSDAY AFTERNOON
VI MISCHANCE

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BOOK I
HER START IN LIFE




CHAPTER I
AN EVENT IN MR. SKELLORN'S LIFE


I

The Lessways household, consisting of Hilda and her widowed mother, was
temporarily without a servant. Hilda hated domestic work, and because