"It is your fault that I am plain," she said, "you have not done what my uncle asked you to do.  You have paid my fees at school, but you have not made it possible for me to grow up nice in any sense of the word.  You have always thrown your gifts in my face, and you have never given me decent clothes to wear.  It is very hard on a girl to be dressed as shabbily as I am, and to be twitted by her companions for what she cannot help; and although you kept me at Cherry Court School, there have been times over and over when I hated you, Aunt Susan, and but for my dear little Mummy I would have left the school and earned my bread as a dressmaker or a servant.  But there is a chance that I may continue to be a lady and hold the position I was born to without any help from you.  A great Scholarship has been offered to the girls of Cherry Court School.  It is offered by Sir John Wallis, the owner of Cherry Court Park."