Mother & Child
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Artemis Dreaming
The captain paid for her passage, the deal being that in return she would become his mistress. She became pregnant but refused to marry Palliser. Her daughter, Muriel Violet Mary Newton, was born in Yorkshire on 20 December 1871 on the same day that her decree nisi came through. The decree absolute for her divorce was granted 20 July 1872. Kate and Violet went to live with Kate's married sister Polly's family at Hill Road, St John's Wood. NOT KATE