Chapter 36: The Story Continued in Several Narratives

The Story Continued in Several Narratives I The Narrative of Hester Pinhorn, Cook in the Service of Count Fosco [Taken down from her own statement] I am sorry to say that I have never learnt to read or write. I have been a hardworking woman all my life, and have kept a good character. I know that it is a sin and wickedness to say the thing which is not, and I will truly beware of doing so on this occasion. All that I know I will tell, and I humbly beg the gentleman who take…