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Show something kept making her think that her influence might help others, even her own family possibly, to receive some new good. At this time her idea was to wait, but sooner or later to free herself from these bonds. Nevertheless one day I had her try a pair of the shoes which was about the right size, and somehow the sight of her feet, neatly clad in the hated shoes, seemed to please her very much. Later, when she agaia put on her pointed shoes and was about to go home, I asked her to go with me to a village where there was to be a wedding. As she consented she asked: "But what shoes shall I wear? If I go with you, it seems as if I ought not to wear these," looking at the pointed shoes with more than half a desire to put on the other kind. At this point the women, who had seen Mrs. Chou trying on the shoes, came running up to see if she really was going to unbind. Yes, there was the |