I was ruined. There can be no doubt of that. But I am also being rescued again, and in a respectable way. Could salvation be so easily attained after my downfall? Harriet approached the building with some trepidation. She could see smoke rising from the opening at the top, and could smell it long before she got there, so he had been waiting for her, and may have been waiting for some time. He would also have watched for her approaching. He would be able to see her even now. She hesitated some distance away, torn between going forward and retreating, not sure what would meet her, how he would greet her, or what to do. It would be a difficult and embarrassing meeting, especially for her if it did not go as she needed it to go. If he thought to remove her clothes as soon as she entered, she

