Perhaps her final tragedy is the death of her daughter Vesta from typhoid fever; a daughter from her first lover, the middle-aged Senator Brander.
Later in life she calls herself Mrs. Stover and adopts two orphan children. As a young girl she surrendered her virginity as gratitude for help in keeping her brother out of jail. As a mature adult she becomes resigned to the wishes of Robert and Mrs. Gerald and convinces her lover to end their scandalous arrangement. Perhaps her final tragedy is the death of her daughter Vesta from typhoid fever; a daughter from her first lover, the middle-aged Senator Brander. FTP, name this titular young girl who cannot stay with her love Lester Kane in a novel by Theodore Dreiser.
Later in life she calls herself Mrs. Stover and adopts two orphan children.
{Jennie Gerhardt}