Sections 1 “My father,” 2 “Soon after her lying-in, she prevailed on my father to take me home, to save the expense of… 3 “As her daughter grew up, she was pampered with cakes and fruit, while I was, literally… 4 “I stole now, from absolute necessity,—bread; yet whatever else was taken, which I had it… 5 “The anguish which was now pent up in my bosom, seemed to open a new world to me: I began to… 6 “Behold me then in the street, utterly destitute! 7 “With this wretch I went into the neighbouring streets to beg, and my disconsolate… 8 “He was a man of great talents, and of brilliant wit; but, a worn-out votary of… 9 “I should have distinguished this as a moment of sunshine, a happy period in my life, had… 10 “One of the gentlemen, whom I had frequently dined in company with, while I was treated like… 11 “And independence,” 12 “She approached her father’s door, in the skirts of London,—listened at the shutters,—but… 13 “My leg grew quickly better; but I was dismissed before my cure was completed, because I… 14 Alarmed by some indistinct noise, Jemima rose hastily to listen, and Maria, turning to…
Start Learning “My father,” said Jemima, “seduced my mother, a pretty girl, with whom he lived fellow-servant; and she no sooner perceived the natural, the dreaded consequence, than the terrible conviction flashed on her—that she…
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