end of story

Blog – How does Linda finally attain her freedom? Why does she have mixed emotions about this at the end of the book?

Mr. and Mrs. Dodge (daughter of Dr. Flint and Linda’s owner) are in some financial trouble, and they wish to find Linda, because to them she is nothing more than a valuable piece of property. They come to New York searching for her and they go to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce were Linda was employed, however after hearing that her mistress was in town Linda fled to California with Ellen where she was going to meet up with William and Benjamin. Mrs. Bruce offered Mr. Dodge $300 for Linda and the children. Mr. Dodge said that this price was to low, but after being informed that Linda had friends who would be transporting her to Europe, he decided that $300 was better than nothing. Thus Mrs. Bruce bought Linda her freedom. Linda was grateful to Mrs. Bruce for this act of kindness but at the same time she felt that it seemed wrong to have to pay someone for something that wasn’t rightfully theirs to begin with.