Katy," replied Mrs.Redburn, who could not but acknowledge the truth of her daughter's remarks.
She had read the book alluded to, and was not willing to confront the arguments it had put in the mouth of her child.

She was conscious that her pride, which made a humble occupation repulsive to her, was a false pride.

If it could have been carried on in private, it would not have seemed so galling.

For years she had been a recluse from society, mingling only with her humble neighbors, and with them no more than her circumstances required.

She had labored in solitude, and shunned observation as much as possible, by carrying her work back and forth in the evening.