She was ashamed of the very patches and darned places of which she had been so proud at home.
At home it had been so clear that for six dressing jackets there would be needed twenty-four yards of nainsook at sixteen pence the yard, which was a matter of thirty shillings besides the cutting-out and making, and these thirty shillings had been saved.
But before the maid she felt, if not exactly ashamed, at least uncomfortable.