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always sent him to a pitch of frenzy to see it like that He

kept perfectly still

Cold, without any betrayal of feeling, she turned and left

the shed He worked on, with all his nerves jangled Then he had

to put down his tools and go into the house

In a bitter tone of anger and contempt he told his wife

Ursula was present There was a brief altercation, closed by

Mrs Brangwen's saying, in a tone of biting superiority and

indifference: "Let her find out what it's like She'll soon have had

enough"

The matter was left there But Ursula considered herself free

to act For some days she made nowork, for she shrank with extreme

sensitiveness and shyness froedness drove her Her soul was full of

bitterness

She went to the Free Library in Ilkeston, copied out

addresses from the Schoolmistress, and wrote for

application forms After two days she rose early toenvelopes

Her heart beat painfully as she went up with theers tre, official for was so cruel, so impersonal Yet ithand she wrote, "Brangwen,--Ursula"

"Age and date of birth:"

After a long ti, she filled in that line