Mr.John Howard wished to get hold of Mary's estates for himself, so he laid a careful plot.

First, he sent all the servants away, including her nurse, Betty Morris, who was devoted to her.

Betty offered to stay on without wages, but when this was refused she became suspicious, and wrote a letter to Mr.Dallas warning him to look after his sister's child.

But it took many months in those days for a letter to get to Calcutta, and meantime Mr.Howard was pursuing a wicked scheme.

Soon afterwards Betty heard that her charge had been stolen by gypsies for the sake of her amber beads, and could not be found anywhere.