Les Misérables Volume I Book 5 Chapter 8 - Madame Victurnien expends Thirty Francs on Morality

In which the gentle but vigilant eyes of society begin to pry upon the humble existence of a young woman striving honestly to provide for her child, her every step shadowed by whispers and unkind scrutiny. She is grieved to learn that compassion can be mingled with justice, as she is gently but firmly compelled to depart from the workplace that has sustained her, her secret no longer safe from the gathering storm of public opinion.