Jadvyga and Mikolas are an immigrant couple who are friends with Jurgis and Ona. Their tragic story of mistreatment by the factory system foreshadows the misfortunes Jurgis and Ona will experience. When Ona is held overnight by Phil Connor and unable to return home, she claims to have stayed at Jadvyga's as an alibi so as to avoid driving Jurgis to fury.
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Chapter 15
...at her work. Ona shows up and tells him that she stayed with a friend, Jadvyga Marcinkus , because she was unable to get home.
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