Imprisonment had not hardened her, as it often does.

She had been redeemed by the kindness of those whom she had injured.

Mrs.Clifton found her a position, in which her energy and administrative ability found fitting exercise, and she leads a laborious and useful life in a community where her history is not known.

As for John Somerville, with the last remnants of a once handsome fortune, he purchased a ticket to Australia, and set out on a voyage for that distant country.

But he never reached his destination.