The Story of Julia Page

" ...]and her life. But that was eight years ago. Now Emeline could see that she had reached-more, she had passed-her prime. She began to see that the moods of those early years, however violent and changing, had been fed upon secret springs of hope, hope vague and baseless enough, but strong to colour a girl's life with all the brightness of a thousand dawns. There had been rare potentialities in those days, anything might happen, something would happen. The little Emeline Cox, moving between the dreary discomfort of home and the hated routine of school, might surprise all these dull seniors and school-mates some day She might become an actress, she might become a great singer, she might make a brilliant marriage. ...]."