No more forlorn creature than I am lives at this moment.

You are a Christian woman.

Not for my sake--for Christ's sake--pity me and take me back.
"I am a good nurse, as you know, and I am a quick worker with my needle.
In one way or the other can you not find occupation for me?
"I could also teach, in a very unpretending way.

But that is useless.
Who would trust their children to a woman without a character?
There is no hope for me in this direction.

And yet I am so fond of children! I think I could be, not happy again, perhaps, but content with my lot, if I could be associated with them in some way.