Days later, Agatha gathered her belongings from the inn she had been staying in, as she could no longer afford to stay, even with the money from the work she had been doing.
"I must go back," Agatha said, thinking of returning to her home. "Why did I act so fast to set it on fire?"
Agatha spent every day scolding herself for acting on emotion rather than coming up with a proper plan.
Now she was with very little money, no home, and no children at her side.
Agatha longed to leave the town, but with her finances quite low, she couldn't leave just yet.
Agatha covered herself with a coat as she believed the townspeople were speaking about her.
Unable to waste money on a carriage to her home, Agatha made the long walk.
"Have you heard news of the engagement?"
Agatha looked over her shoulder at a pair of women walking behind her. She envied that they could spend their time speaking about the season and who was getting married.
