The following sources were used: Illustrations by Charlton of A Basket of Flowers (subtitled in some editions as Piety and Truth triumphant) translated from the German original of Christoph von Schmid.
When she leaves, a diamond ring is missed, and on the accusation of Juliette, a jealous lady's maid, Mary is chained, dragged off to prison, tried, whipped and condemned to exile.
Father and daughter are eventually taken in by a virtuous old couple, and restored to health and activity, cultivating a garden and making baskets.
The old father dies a pious death, and Mary puts the basket of flowers on his grave.
Mary, cast out again and again accused of theft, goes to weep on her father's grave where Amelia, who has recognised the basket, comes to tell her that the ring has been found in a magpie's nest.