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Chapter 10 Hagar is moved into a semiprivate room, which she shares with Sandra Wong, a sixteen-year-old girl who is to have her appendix out. Hagar tries to calm Sandras fears. Doris visits with Mr. Troy. The clergyman sings a hymn, and the words make Hagar realize that her unhappiness in life has been caused by her pride. Later, she receives a visit from her grandson.In the night, Sandra is in pain. Hagar fetches a bedpan for her, struggling the few steps to the bathroom and back. A nurse arrives and is horrified to find Hagar out of bed, but when the nurse leaves, Hagar and Sandra laugh together about the incident. Marvin visits, and Hagar tells him he has always been good to her. Finally, Hagar, close to death, holds a glass of water in her hands and is ready to drink. The novel ends at this point. Characters Daniel Currie : Daniel Currie is the son of Jason Currie. He is four years older than his sister, Hagar. Called Dan by his family, he is delicate, lazy, and often in poor health. He dies at the age of eighteen of a fever after falling into an icy river. Jason Currie : Jason Currie is Hagars father. He was born in Scotland to a good family but his father lost all his money in a business deal.Currie immigrated to Canada from the Scottish Highlands with nothing to his name. However, he worked extremely hard, and as owner of Curries General Store in Manawaka, he became wealthy. Stern, authoritarian, and a harsh disciplinarian, Currie prides himself on being a self-made man and he expects others to conform to the high standards he sets for himself. He is impatient with his sons, and refuses to let Hagar become a schoolteacher. He regards Hagars husband, Bram, as lazy, and cuts Hagar off without a penny in his will. While stern at home, he is public-spirited, donating money for the building of a new church, and leaving all his wealth to the town. Matt Currie : Matt Currie is the first son of Jason Currie, and Hagars brother. He works hard in his fathers sto