Chapter 13 Summary

Ursula returns home. She is extremely unhappy living with her mother and the seven other children who now share the house. Her mother cares only about babies and ridicules Ursula's other aspirations. Will has gone through a series of artistic phases, moving from woodwork to sculpture to painting to jewelry to metalwork. Ursula looks for a way to get out of her life. Ursula's former school headmistress advises her to take a position as an elementary school teacher. Her father is upset that Ursula has an opportunity to leave. Ursula tries to explain why she wants to go, but her parents do not listen to her. Her father tries to belittle her so that she will not go. She sends off applications and gets an interview at Kingston-on-Thames. Her parents are extremely upset and angry that she wants to leave. They forbid her...