Now she took herself seriously to task, and tried to face the prospect of the time when she would have left the Seaton High School.

There were many occupations open to girls nowadays besides teaching; they could be doctors, secretaries, sanitary inspectors, artists, musicians, poultry farmers.

She knew however, that for any career worth taking up a considerable training would be necessary, and a certain amount of expense involved.

What she would have liked very much would be to study at a Physical Training College, and qualify to become a Drill and Games Mistress, but this seemed as unattainable as taking a medical course or going to Girton or Newnham.
"I'm too young yet for a hospital nurse," she pondered, "and not clever enough to be an artist or a musician.

Well, I suppose I can make munitions, or go on the land! Women are wanted on farms while the war lasts.