Many people at Miss Minchin's school expected Sara to become bitter and defeated.
They thought losing everything would change her into someone unkind and cold.
But the Sara who scrubbed floors was exactly the same Sara who had once had everything.
She was still patient with the younger children and still gentle with the cook.
She still smiled at Becky and still found stories to tell herself each night.
The hard times had not changed her — they had simply shown everyone who she already was.
We learn who people truly are not when life is easy but when life becomes very hard.
Adversity reveals character.