It was not, as is so often the case, an unhappy love affair that had caused Catherine to decide that she would never marry, that the blessings of a husband, home and family would never be hers, but the conviction that no man would ever be attracted by such a quiet mouselike girl as herself. So, as the next best thing, she took a post as foster-mother in a Children's Home. Her kind and capable ways soon made her a great success in her new job and then much to her surprise, she discovered that there are quite a number of men who demand more of a wife than just a pretty face, and that there was one man in particular who could easily appreciate Catherine's true worth.
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