Chapter 15

is somebody's baby, and it may be mine”--An unsuspected listener--Mrs. Dinneford acts promptly--Conference between Mrs. Dinneford and Mrs. Hoyt, _alias_ Bray--The child must be got out of the way--“If it will not starve, it must drown”--Mrs. Dinneford sees an acquaintance as she leaves Mrs. Hoyt's, and endeavors to escape his observation--A new danger and disgrace awaiting her