Georgia Hardstark

And she was a teenager. So she kind of didn't know. Like she was like, this is romantic love. Totally. But her sister's also horrified. Peg lived in a brothel during her pregnancy. So Peg tries to go visit her sister to hash things out and beg her for her forgiveness. But her sister calls her a, quote, vile wretch and slams the door in her face.

So, of course, Peg's completely destroyed by her sister's rejection. It's like, if it weren't for Mr. Dardis and the baby, Peg would be completely alone in the world. But shortly after this, the baby passes away. So now Mr. Dardis feels absolutely no obligation to take care of Peg anymore, and he kicks her out of his house. God.

So, of course, Peg's completely destroyed by her sister's rejection. It's like, if it weren't for Mr. Dardis and the baby, Peg would be completely alone in the world. But shortly after this, the baby passes away. So now Mr. Dardis feels absolutely no obligation to take care of Peg anymore, and he kicks her out of his house. God.

Penniless and homeless, Pig finds the cheapest boarding room possible and moves in. And with no means of income, she's left selling her own belongings piece by piece until she says, quote, she's reduced nearly to nakedness, end quote. Oh, my God. And then here's another quote from her memoirs. Pig writes, quote, I remained in that boarding room till I had nothing but what covered me.

Penniless and homeless, Pig finds the cheapest boarding room possible and moves in. And with no means of income, she's left selling her own belongings piece by piece until she says, quote, she's reduced nearly to nakedness, end quote. Oh, my God. And then here's another quote from her memoirs. Pig writes, quote, I remained in that boarding room till I had nothing but what covered me.

Not one single article wherewith to change what I wore. And for eight days had lived only on one pound of hung beef and a few potatoes using the water in which they were boiled as the only deluder of my wretched, scanty meals. So now she's desperate again. and she does the unthinkable. She returns to her family home and begs her abusive brother to take her back. Oh, man.

Not one single article wherewith to change what I wore. And for eight days had lived only on one pound of hung beef and a few potatoes using the water in which they were boiled as the only deluder of my wretched, scanty meals. So now she's desperate again. and she does the unthinkable. She returns to her family home and begs her abusive brother to take her back. Oh, man.

But her destroyed reputation precedes her, and her horrible, controlling brother refuses to let her back in the house. And with nowhere left to go, she has to turn around and walk back to Dublin. Jesus. So on this long walk back from the country into the city, Peg runs into two men who offer her a meal and tea. She declines them at first. She's very wary of their intentions.

But her destroyed reputation precedes her, and her horrible, controlling brother refuses to let her back in the house. And with nowhere left to go, she has to turn around and walk back to Dublin. Jesus. So on this long walk back from the country into the city, Peg runs into two men who offer her a meal and tea. She declines them at first. She's very wary of their intentions.

She's been through this now. She's a little wiser. But then when she runs into them a second time, she decides to take them up on their offer. They lead her to a tea house and they introduce her to a wealthy wine seller named Mr. Thomas Caulfield. Mr. Caulfield takes an immediate interest in Peg. She's really pretty, by the way. There's like an etching I can show you.

She's been through this now. She's a little wiser. But then when she runs into them a second time, she decides to take them up on their offer. They lead her to a tea house and they introduce her to a wealthy wine seller named Mr. Thomas Caulfield. Mr. Caulfield takes an immediate interest in Peg. She's really pretty, by the way. There's like an etching I can show you.

And she's like, it just makes me sad. It's like she didn't have anybody in her early teens, in her adolescence to kind of be like, hey, keep an eye out for this. Right. Do this. Wait for that. Right. No guidance. Right. So Mr. Caulfield takes immediate interest in Peg.

And she's like, it just makes me sad. It's like she didn't have anybody in her early teens, in her adolescence to kind of be like, hey, keep an eye out for this. Right. Do this. Wait for that. Right. No guidance. Right. So Mr. Caulfield takes immediate interest in Peg.

He asks her all about her life while she's eating her hot meal, and he's shocked to hear about the conditions in which Peg has been living. He wants to see where she lives to see if she's really telling the truth about this tragic situation. She agrees to show him, and they start walking to Peg's boarding room. On the way, Mr. Caulfield, quote, slips two guinea into Peg's bosom.

He asks her all about her life while she's eating her hot meal, and he's shocked to hear about the conditions in which Peg has been living. He wants to see where she lives to see if she's really telling the truth about this tragic situation. She agrees to show him, and they start walking to Peg's boarding room. On the way, Mr. Caulfield, quote, slips two guinea into Peg's bosom.

And he tells her that if she indeed is as poor as she says she is, he'll take care of her, protect her, and personally see that she never goes hungry again.

And he tells her that if she indeed is as poor as she says she is, he'll take care of her, protect her, and personally see that she never goes hungry again.

Yeah. Of course, from our vantage point, it's clear Mr. Caulfield is going to take advantage of Peg, but she's Peg's young, she's in dire straits. And this is what she later says in her memoirs, quote, "...there are many virtues which when carried beyond their due bounds degenerate into vices. One of those is gratitude."

Yeah. Of course, from our vantage point, it's clear Mr. Caulfield is going to take advantage of Peg, but she's Peg's young, she's in dire straits. And this is what she later says in her memoirs, quote, "...there are many virtues which when carried beyond their due bounds degenerate into vices. One of those is gratitude."

The miseries I'd undergone were present to my mind, and he had promised he would screen me from their future approach. All these thoughts rushed at once into my mind, awakened my sincerest acknowledgements, and I esteemed it but a grateful return to promise all he requested. So that's just a fancy way of Higgs saying that she just decided to exchange sex for financial support from a man. Mm-hmm.