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No ; if she went , she would have to go alone . The all-important question now was how to get the ticket . Miss Bobinet could never be induced to advance a penny on the week 's wages , and Susan , while ready to accept financial favors , was adamant when it came to extending them . By six o'clock Nance had exhausted every resource but one . On her way home she visited a small shop which was all too familiar to the residents of Calvary Alley . When she emerged , the beloved locket , which usually dangled on the velvet ribbon around her neck , was no longer there , but tied in the corner of her handkerchief was a much desired silver coin . In high spirits she rushed home only to be confronted on the threshold by a serious domestic complication .