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You are right: she was regretting her decision almost as soon as she set foot in the coach. I suppose that until her cousin came along and gave her an allowance, she had absolutely no means of support and so had to stay with Levison, no matter how she felt about him and how he treated her.
The pitiless nature of the storyline reflects the attitude of English society at the time, and of course for a long time after that.
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