Dr. Madden died prematurely, failing to provide his six daughters with
anything but a bookcase full of poetry and romantic novels. His savings were too
scarce for the girls to live comfortably, so they had to find jobs and leave their
family house. Poor Gertrude, Martha, and Isabel had died too; they weren't
prepared for harshness of reality. Alice moved to London and so did Virginia.
They hoped to find well-paid jobs there and help Monica, the baby of the family
and the prettiest one among them. They believed that at least she would marry
and settle down.
Time passed, Virginia was terribly ill, Alice tried not to drown in despair
whilst their beloved young sister was wasting away at work. One day a letter
from the Maddens' old friend came. A sender was Rhoda Nunn whom they hadn't
seen for many years. Just like she dreamt when she was a girl, Rhoda was an
independent woman. She had tried her hand at different professions, worked
hard on her education and skills. When she met Mrs. Barfoot, the woman who
invested her inheritance in the establishment where the middle-class girls could
learn some practical skills, she decided to help the woman in her mission.
Feeling sorry for the poor women, Rhoda promised the Maddens to help them.
She hoped that Monica would succeed, but the fate had other plans.
The young lady married Edmund Widdowson, the man she neither loved nor
wanted to be with. However, she did try to be a good wife, the biggest issue was
her husband's suffocating jealousy. When she did meet a man she was attracted
to, she couldn't help falling in love with him, for he was a perfect hero from
romantic novels she used to read. Edmund, who was always wary of putting too
much trust in his wife, hired a detective who followed Monica to her lover's
house. It wasn't an easy period for Rhoda too. Her ideas were questioned by
Edmund, Mrs. Barfoot's brother.
The woman had almost agreed to marry him, but then she got a message from
Mary in which some evidence of her fiancé's adultery was presented so she
decided to end their relationships. What was more, the note said that Monica
was his mistress. It was a bunch of lies, so Monica went to Rhoda and explained
herself. Later on, Mrs. Widdowson had realized that she was pregnant, but
Edmund couldn't trust her anymore, so she hadn't any other choice but leave.
Though her husband was the father of her child, she didn't want to humiliate
herself and beg him for forgiveness. She gave a birth to a girl and soon after that
died.

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• Publication Date: January 7, 2019
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