She was gifted at embroidery and was charitable to those less fortunate than she. ... "It is because of the stain which that letter indicates that we would transfer thy child to other hands. " "Nevertheless," said the mother, calmly, though growing more pale, "this badge hath taught me "it daily teaches me "it is teaching me at this moment "lessons whereof my child may be the wiser and better, albeit they can profit nothing to myself."...

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She was gifted at embroidery and was charitable to those less fortunate than she. ... "It is because of the stain which that letter indicates that we would transfer thy child to other hands. " "Nevertheless," said the mother, calmly, though growing more pale, "this badge hath taught me "it daily teaches me "it is teaching me at this moment "lessons whereof my child may be the wiser and better, albeit they can profit nothing to myself."...

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They see her as a good person and someone gifted with the talent of sewing, "by degrees, her handiwork would now be termed as fashion" (86). ... "Except for that small expenditure in the decoration of her infant, Hester bestowed all her superfluous means in charity, on wretches less miserable than herself, and who not unfrequently insulted the hand that fed them" (87). ...

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• Grade Level: High School