Sinopsis

Chapter I. It will simplify matters if I say at once that I am a strange girl. After this confession, you will be more inclined to believe that my story is a true one, and, it may be, condemn my conduct less. If your godfathers and god- mothers think fit to give you a strange name, they can scarcely expect you to be exactly the same as other people ; and the name someone chose to christen me by is a strange one. 'Heritage' is certainly not in common use,^ although, when one gets accustomed to it, it sounds soft and rather pretty, especially so when coupled with my surname. ‘ Heritage Rivers ' is not at all bad.