CHAPTER XLV.
THE PRINCE TO THE RESCUE.
Hannah was doing well in her little shop at Teckford.

She had always been a most saving body, and although Mrs.Mainwaring had never been able to pay her high wages, she had managed to put the greater portion of what she received away.

Hannah was one of those fortunate individuals on whom even a shabby dress will look neat.

Her boots lasted twice as long as any one else's, her caps retained their starch and their whiteness long after another servant's would have had to be resigned to a fresh cleaning process.

Hannah therefore required little or no money to spend on dress, and in consequence, when the Mainwaring girls went away, she had a little nest-egg laid by to stock a shop.
She found a suitable little house at Teckford, laid in her little store of provisions with care, for she argued wisely that however poor people were they required food, and was living very comfortably on the proceeds of her sales.