Chapter 41 Shewing what Took Place at St Diddulph's

Nora Rowley, when she escaped from the violence of her lover, at once rushed up to her own room, and managed to fasten herself in before she had been seen by any one. Her eider sister had at once gone to her aunt when, at Hugh's request, she had left the room, thinking it right that Mrs Outhouse should know what was being done in her own house. Mrs