Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress Section 19

In which the provident Mrs. Amy undertakes the maintenance and advancement of a young apprentice, revealing both benevolent intentions and a careful management of family secrets, while the narrator reflects on the dawning dissatisfaction with her former life and contemplates the future standing of her children. Amidst the subtle intrigues of social advancement and hidden identities, she begins to reconcile the weighty burdens of past choices with the hopes of a more decorous existence.