They were cultured, and really belles in society.

They were entirely ignorant of their lineage, but when their father died it was discovered that their mother had been a slave.

It was a fearful blow.

They would have faced poverty, but the knowledge of their tainted blood was more than they could bear." "What became of them ?" "They both died, poor girls.

I believe they were as much killed by the blow as if they had been shot.