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And whether he wanted to or not , after having bought her out he made her his mistress ; then when he had taken his degree , he went away and handed her into the keeping of some other decent man as though she were a thing . And the fallen woman remained a fallen woman . Others , after buying her out , took a lodging apart for her , bought the inevitable sewing-machine , and tried teaching her to read , preaching at her and giving her books . The woman lived and sewed as long as it was interesting and a novelty to her , then getting bored , began receiving men on the sly , or ran away and went back where she could sleep till three o'clock , drink coffee , and have good dinners . The third class , the most ardent and self-sacrificing , had taken a bold , resolute step . They had married them . And when the insolent and spoilt , or stupid and crushed animal became a wife , the head of a household , and afterwards a mother , it turned her whole existence and attitude to life upside down , so that it was hard to recognize the fallen woman afterwards in the wife and the mother .