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Bertha Morton, a poor orphan, loses her brother from brain fever. After her death she leaves her aunt's house in Tasmania for a position as governess in Melbourne where she falls in love with a married man. Finally despatched back to her aunt she commits suicide on the voyage. (PB)
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There is an editor's note disclaiming the morbid ethics ... of this, otherwise, interesting story. (PB)
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