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Chapter 33
Themes
and Colors
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Downstairs Girl, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Racism
Women and Social Progress
Debt and Economic Oppression
Marriage, Family, and Choice
Summary
Analysis
In fact, it is Old Gin at home. Billy Riggs ran into him and left him beaten and bloodied. Jo blames herself for going to see Billy Riggs earlier. She despairs that they don’t have any way to pay for a doctor, and without one, Old Gin will die of his wounds. Just as Jo is wondering what to do next, she hears a woof.
