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The Ruby Ring

This gift from Cecil Frederick Whitstone to Evangeline Stokes is the object that begins all of Evangeline's misery.

The Handkerchief with CFW on It

This object is all that Evangeline has to remember her former lover, and she clings to it even when she realizes his betrayal.

Evangeline's Tin Ticket With 171 on It

This impersonal identification ends up being the only thing Ruby has, along with a handkerchief, to remember her mother by.

Herbs and Folk Remedies

These medical implements represent Hazel's style of practicing medicine and they are looked down upon by much of the established medical community.

Food

The food the prisoners and convicts are given both in jail and on the ship is terrible, sometimes rotten, and entirely insufficient, representing another aspect of their humiliation and mistreatment; the food they get outside of the jail and/or ship is often much better...

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