Set at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, this is the story
of the orphaned Penry children, forced to flee from the cruel and
unjust employment in north west Devon. Janet, the resourceful older
daughter, takes charge of Amy and Tom, hiding them from their
pursuers, and tending the injuries they have sustained from
beatings and abuse. Janet heads for Cornwall, but is slowed by the
pain and fever suffered by Tom from a dog bite in his leg. Amy too
is suffering from a recent beating. They follow the Northern
Coastal path but soon find themselves in danger from footpads who
seek money, food and other diversions..... At the end of their
endurance they are later rescued by a woman named Meg, who lives
alone in an isolated cottage. She restores them to health, and
finds them occupation with a distant relative who lives near
Tavistock in Devon. They never reach their new home, however,
because Jake, the pedlar who is taking them on his cart, stops to
camp for the night and while the children are bathing in a nearby
brook, is robbed and murdered. Terrified the three are once more on
the run. Janet has lost the directions of where they were going.
They are lost with nowhere to go. Janet sets her mind again on
Cornwall, and after several days of hard walking they arrive at the
small village of Indian Queens. Exhausted they stumble on a group
of derelict houses deep in woodland. Travelsick and weary they
settle in a cottage which is in reasonable repair. It is late
summer and Janet gets them all blackberry picking for pies which
she sells at the local inn. Later she makes more pies and cakes
which she sells at St Austell market. Tom finds work with the
charcoal burners, and a degree of security is achieved. Amy,
however, always difficult causes more trouble by becoming pregnant
by one of the charcoal burners, although only fifteen she is pushed
into a hurried marriage. Janet falls in love with Geoffrey, younger
son of the Hall, but when he proposes she become his mistress,
while he marries another aristocrat, she rebuffs him. Amy has
returned to the cottage because her mother-in-law is cruel. She
later gives birth to a baby boy. Janet takes on a small shop in St
Austell to sell her cakes and pies, but encounters several serious
problems until she meets Madselin who becomes her friend and
partner and they become successful. Janet meets Matthew, a handsome
young vet who falls in love with her and helps with her business,
but he has secrets of his own and it takes a nasty accident for
Janet to know where her true feelings lie.
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