“Oh, many a year ago! I couldn’t tell you the date.”
“How old were they?”
“I think Sarah Jane was seventeen or eighteen, and Dorothy was two years younger.”
“Why did they leave home? Was there any quarrel?”
“Oh, no, sir. They left home to go into service. I found it very hard to support them, and they had good situations offered to them.”
“What were the situations?”
“They went to some dressmaker’s shop here in London. I forget the name.”
“When was the next time you saw them?”
“I never saw Dorothy again. She died.”
“Did they write to you?”