The cynical version: After having lived in sin with him and having two children to care for, it probably made more economic sense than anything else. She didn't have the education for what better paid jobs were available to women at the time, and even a drudgery job like working in a hotel as she used to or working in a manufactory wouldn't have been given to someone with illegitimate children and no husband, I guess.
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The cynical version: After having lived in sin with him and having two children to care for, it probably made more economic sense than anything else. She didn't have the education for what better paid jobs were available to women at the time, and even a drudgery job like working in a hotel as she used to or working in a manufactory wouldn't have been given to someone with illegitimate children and no husband, I guess.