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worthless and unvalued, neither wanted nor needed by anybody,

and conscious herself of her own dead value It would not bear

thinking of

But still her dogged pride held its own She ht be a corpse that should never be loved, she

upon the food that others

provided; yet she would give in to nobody

Gradually she beca at ho or

worth The very children that went to school held her

uselessness in conte

Her father said she had plenty to do to help her et more than a hit in the face She

was not a practical person She thought of wild things, of

running away and beco soh School for advice

"I cannot see very clearly what you should do, Ursula," ca to become an elementary

school teacher You have matriculated, and that qualifies you to

take a post as uncertificated teacher in any school, at a salary

of about fifty pounds a year

"I cannot tell you how deeply I sy You will learn that reat

body of which you are one useful reat task which huive you a satisfaction and a self-respect which nothing

else could give"