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started as a governess and went on till I was old enough to
enter the seminary.” She smiled a little shyly. “I gave up
my post in the school when I was left a small amount of money
by an aunt, and went abroad. It will last me about three
years, I think — perhaps a little longer. Lately I have sent
some articles to the papers, and I may sell some pictures. My
mother did not approve of my using up all the money, and did
not like my giving up my post when I had got it at last after
all those years of private teaching and odd lessons here and there
at schools. I suppose mothers always think a fixed salary....”
“I don’t think I would have risked it in your place —
burning all your bridges like that. It is the influence of my home,
I know, but I could not help being anxious about the time when
the money would be spent.”
“Never mind,” said Jenny Winge. “I am well and strong
and know a lot; I can sew and cook and wash and iron. And
I know languages. I can always find something to do in
England or America. Francesca,” she said, laughing, “wants
me to go to South Africa with her and be a dairy-maid, for that
is a thing she is good at, she says. And we shall draw the
Zulus; they are said to be such splendid models.”
“That is no small job either — and the distance does not
seem to trouble you.”
“Not a bit — I am talking nonsense, of course. All those
years I thought it impossible to get away, even as far as
Copenhagen, to stay there some time to paint and learn. When at
last I made up my mind to give up everything and go, I had
many a bad moment, I can assure you. My people thought it
madness, and I noticed that it made an impression on me, but
that made me more determined still. To paint has always been
my most ardent wish, and I knew I could never work at home
as hard as I ought to; there were too many things to distract
me. But mother could not see that I was so old that if I
wanted to learn something I must start at once. She is only
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