Diana and Mary were soon to leave Moor House, and return to the far different life and scene which awaited them, as governesses in a large, fashionable, south-of-England city, where each held a situation in families by whose wealthy and haughty members they were regarded only as humble dependants, and who neither knew nor sought out their innate excellences, and appreciated only their acquired accomplishments as they appreciated the skill of their cook or the taste of their waiting-woman.
Diana e Maria, stavano per lasciare Moor-House per tornare alle loro diverse destinazioni, e ricominciare la vita come governanti in una grande città elegante al sud dell'Inghilterra. Tutt'e due erano collocate in famiglie, i cui membri, ricchi e orgogliosi, le consideravano come umili dipendenti e si curavan poco delle loro qualità, della loro cultura e della loro intelligenza.