HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,
SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN,

13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1857.

The right of Translation is reserved.

249. v. 558.

A WOMAN'S STORY.

CHAPTER I.

Theirs is the task to succour the distress'd,
To feed the hungry, to console the sad,
pour the balm upon the wounded breast,
And find dear Pity, even for the bad."
CHARLES MACKAY.

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I DESIRED that Helen should go early to Mrs. Joseph Greene's; and the 'early,' at that time, was seven-the late, nine;' it would have been considered equivalent to an affront to delay a visit until nine, without an expressed excuse. And then tea and coffee were accompanied by solid toast, and bread

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