Only a few persons showed any sympathy to sweeten for me the bitterness of such a disillusioning.
"In view of all this I had to give up my system, which, after so much toil, was just beginning to produce results.

In desperation I carried the whips bank to the school the next day and began the barbarous practice again.

Serenity disappeared and sadness reigned in the faces of the children, who had just begun to care for me, and who were my only kindred and friends.

Although I tried to spare the whippings and to administer them with all the moderation possible, yet the children felt the change keenly, they became discouraged and wept bitterly.

It touched my heart, and even though in my own mind I was vexed with the stupid parents, still I was unable to take any spite out on those innocent victims of their parents' prejudices.