18: Searching for WorkIn the days that followed the visit from Father Connolly and Dr Flaherty, Eliza tried to find work - but only after beginning every day with a trip to the office of the shipping line to find out whether any messages had been sent to her. The clerk there knew her by now.
‘Never give up, do you, lady? Don’t you think it’s time to forget this fellow, whoever he is?’
She tried to hide her irritation. Every day her feet seemed to drag a bit more slowly on the pavement as she walked there, but every day as she entered his office she allowed herself to feel hope until she saw his slow shake of the head. Hope was all she had left. Hope and love and trust that one day Jack would at last get word to her.
Pain from her injuries, and her weakness after being so long confined t
