A Little Princess, Chapter 10 summary

What happens

1. Rare visits from friends leave Sara lonely, and her shabby clothes make her feel painfully different from her former self.
2. Donald mistakes Sara for a needy child and gives her sixpence, which she accepts to spare his feelings.
3. The Large Family becomes interested in Sara, while she wears the coin and finds comfort in children, birds, and rats.
4. Exhausted and denied supper, Sara knocks Emily down in anger, then picks her up and apologizes.
5. Rich furnishings arrive next door, and their Indian designs make Sara feel hopeful about the newcomers.
6. Becky reports that the new neighbor is wealthy and ill; weeks afterward, servants carry the unhappy man into his house.

In this chapter

What to notice

Sara explains why she refuses to answer insults. Her outburst against Emily shows how difficult this principle becomes under relentless hardship.

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