while william learns, judith is chastised by her parents should she happen to pick up a book, as she is inevitably abandoning some household chore to which she could be attending. judith is betrothed, and when she does not want to marry, her father beats her, then shames her into the marriage. while william establishes himself, judith is trapped by what is expected of women. she runs away from home to london, is harassed and laughed at when she tries to become an actor, and is finally made pregnant by an actor-manager who said he would help her. she kills herself and "lies buried at some cross-roads where the omnibuses now stop outside the elephant and castle". william lives on and establishes his legacy.