Virginia came to write this poem when she was working with an angry fifteen-year-old girl who had a lot of questions about herself and what life meant.

沙提亚在帮助一个愤怒的十五岁女孩时，写下了这首诗。这个女孩对于自己和人生的意义有很多的疑问。

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The heroine, Tess, is a clever, pretty, hard-working and kind-hearted girl, but she was hanged at last.

女主人公苔丝是一个聪明、漂亮、勤劳而善良的女孩，但最终她却被处以绞刑。

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Many years ago, a young girl was hired by a tailor shop in New York, working as a charlady - When at work, she often saw the ladies ride luxury cars to the shop to try on beautiful clothes.

多年前，一个小姑娘受雇到纽约市的一家裁缝店打杂。下班时，她常常看到女士们坐着豪华轿车来店里试穿漂亮衣服。

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But she was very serious, very motivated, very hard working type of person and really a kind of good Catholic girl her entire life.

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In a culture so steeped in class distinction, who on earth did this working class girl, a lowly shopkeepers daughter, think she was?

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