Chapters 15 and 16 Summary

Celia takes ill and leaves a party early, allowing James to escort Julia home. Outside, they meet a linkboy - a child with a torch who will light their way for a small fee. Julia immediately says that she plans to take the boy home, and he answers, "to Wideacre?" The child is Jimmy Dart, one of the six who were taken from the Acre by the slavers. Julia did not recognize him as an Acre child but it was her sight that prompted her declaration. Jimmy tells of the fate of the others - that two died, the mill closed and the remaining four are now living on the streets in Bath. Julia pledges to take them all home and gives him a bit of money to help feed the children until she can arrange transportation. James isn't appalled at...