Christina and Leah were two sisters who had been brought up in a French convent.When they were children, a cart-horse had run over them, leaving a scar across both their bodies. A gypsy who saw the accident made a pronouncement "Their destiny is tied to blood!"
The date is 1910. Christina, the eldest is a maid looking after a lady and her daughter. They thought highly of Christina as she worked hard but she was paid very little. The convent often wrote to the mistress asking for money, which she gave. Within 5 years, Leah was ready to leave the convent and applied to join the small household. She was accepted but only at no further cost to the mistress. Both sisters slept in the same bed, as they had as children. But they argued about sending what little money they had to their mother who constantly asked for financial assistance, especially as they were not in good health. Christina used the money they would have sent to their mother to make lace ribbons and knitted garments for Leah. The mistress saw the beautiful clothes and thought they were stealing from her.
As time went by, they became weak and their work suffered. Christina burnt a silk blouse with the iron and offered to pay for the cost - many weeks of work. The mistress found them in bed together at 5pm. Their hair was loose and the bed clothes strewn. She accused the sisters of a lesbian incest. They were unable to cope with the threat of no longer having security and never getting another job. Within weeks the mistress and her daughter were found murdered. Christina was sentenced to the guillotine but her sentence was commuted to an insane asylum where she died 4 years later. Leah served 20 years in prison and was released to become a chambermaid. She died in 1982 without confirming whether she had had a sexual relationship with her sister or whether the conviction for murder was an unjust one.
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