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This black and white frontispiece to the [1950] University of London Press, Ltd. Abridged reprint, depicts Ellen arriving at Aunt Fortune's farm. In the illustration, Ellen's silhouette is standing at the door wearing a bonnet and dress. The fire in the chimney is the only light in the room, illuminating Aunt Fortune's frowning face as she faces Ellen at the door. Aunt Fortune is carrying a lamp in one and and a plate of flood in the other. The grandmother's silhouette is seen sitting in a chair in front of the fire.An inscription below the frontispiece reads, "Who are you? And what's wanting?" which quotes page 58 of the novel.

In the title page for University of London Press's 1950 edition of the novel, the title is printed in the top quarter of the page, without a period. The author's pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell is printed below, followed by a decorative rule. The editor and illustrator's name, Joyce Lankester Brisley, is printed in the page's middle. University of London Press Ltd.'s address is listed as, "Warwick Square, London, E.C.4."