Plot
Two telegraph girls, Lucy Graham and Sophie
Wilson, shared a modest lodging in London. Lucy was distressed at Sophie's
frivolity - spending her money on ribbons and looking continually for a
husband. Abraham Hall, a widower with a small child, lived in the same house.
Lucy admired him for his achievements as an engineer, but Sophie frankly
flirted with him and both girls thought he was attracted to her. She became ill
and was ordered to the seashore, so that the rent for their room fell on Lucy,
who nevertheless managed to send part of her small earnings to help defray
Sophie's expenses. Abraham Hall tried to share the burden but Lucy firmly
refused his help, and was so selfless and courageous that he fell in love with
her, and when he secured another position, they were married. Sophie recovered
her health and married a barber at the seaside resort where she had been
living.
GEROULD,
WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
© 1948 Princeton University Press,
1976 renewed PUP
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