Black Silk Purse

Sent to the workhouse as a child, all Ella Hathaway can remember is a voice whispering, 'Dearie, promise you will never forget what you saw. Your Ma was killed deliberate...and someone oughter pay for it.' When young, wealthy spinster Letitia Fairchild witnesses Ella being ill-treated, she takes her in as a scullery maid. But as Ella grows up, she is determined to find the truth about her mother's tragic death and appeals to Letitia for help, revealing her only personal possession, a black silk purse. Intrigued, Letitia agrees to begin a quest to solve the mystery of Ella's past. But there are astonishing and dramatic consequences.

Trimisa la copilarie in copilarie, tot ce isi poate aminti Ella Hathaway este o voce care sopteste: „Dearie, promite ca nu vei uita niciodata ceea ce ai vazut. Maica ta a fost ucisa deliberat ... si cineva ar trebui sa plateasca pentru asta. Cand tanara, bogata filista, Letitia Fairchild, o vede pe Ella fiind maltratata, o ia ca pe o femeie de serviciu.