"I expect nothing but insolence from Hetty Gray.

Mother little knew what she was providing for us when she brought her here." Hetty turned wildly to the governess.

"Miss Davis," she cried, "can I not go away somewhere, away from here?
Is there not some place in the world where they would give a girl like me work to do?
How can I go on living here, to be treated as Phyllis treats me ?" Miss Davis took her by the hand and led her out of the room and upstairs to her own chamber.

Having closed the door she sat down and talked to her.
"Hetty," she said, "when you give way to your pride in passions like this you forget things.

You asked me just now, is there any place where people would give work to a girl like you to do?
I don't think there is--no place such as you could go to." "I would go anywhere," moaned Hetty.
"Anywhere is nowhere," said Miss Davis.