Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
Then suddenly drawing herself back from Norah, with a
passionate gesture of anguish, the unhappy Sophy exclaimed, "Oh!
if you but knew my misery—the darkness here—everywhere; no hope!
no hope!" She threw herself down on her bed, and covered her face
with her hands.
THE CONVICT'S CHILD;
OR,
The Helmet of Hope.