She was just about all in; and, of course, Nelly had her into the house and was fixing her up in no time.

She wanted to work, but admitted that she had never done much housework.

She said, straight out, that they should never know more about her than they knew, then; but insisted that she was not a bad woman.

At first, Will and I were against it for, of course, it was easy to see that she was trying to get away from something.

But the women--Nelly and my wife--somehow, believed in her, and--with the baby due to arrive in a month and any kind of help hard to get--they carried the day.