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Case 1269

5. Letter from A's first employer c. early October 1890

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sister (they are servants of Dr. Robinson Mrs. Lewises Brother) she told me when she went round for her she could not go & she had met a [sorry] girl. She knew & went with her, since then I have found out that this Boy took her she is so fast & forward that she is pointed at by every man & boy in Sydenham it is almost painful to walk by the side of her I am afraid it will be worse than useless for Mrs. Lewis to try & do anything for her she tells me she is 17 years old you said 15.

The Sunday before we found out she had been stealing she asked

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