Sydney Westerfield, the daughter of a convicted felon, is rescued from a cruel school and becomes governess to little Kitty Linley. Her pupil adores her, but Kitty’s father Herbert falls in love with her too, and his wife Catherine, urged on by her irrepressible mother Mrs. Presty, must decide whether to seek a divorce and what it will cost the child caught between them.
A late Collins novel of 1886 that turns his talent for suspense on marriage, divorce law and the position of women. Download the free EPUB.