The Midwife's Apprentice

How does beetle change in chapter five of the midwife apprentice and must have quoted from the chapter

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Beetle changes drastically over the course of Chapter Five. She experiences new things, discovers she has a talent for gathering necessary items and arguing payment, and she also finds out that she is a beautiful, young girl, who is not only perceived as pretty but smart as well. Beetle finally comes to realize that she is more than she ever believed herself to be..... that she has an identity. Thus, Beetle becomes Alyce, and the real adventure begins.

Beetle stood perfectly still. What a day! She had been winked at, complimented, given a gift, and now mistaken for the mysterious Alyce who could read. Did she then look like someone who could read? She leaned over and watched her face in the water again. 'This face,' she said, 'could belong to someone who can read. And has curls. And could have a lover before night- fall. And this is me, Beetle.' She stopped. Beetle was no name for a person, no name for someone who looked like she could read.

Frowning, she thought a minute, and then her face shone as though a torch were fired inside her

'Alyce,' she breathed. Alyce sounded clean and friendly and smart. You could love some- one named Alyce. She looked back at the face in the water. 'This then is me, Alyce.' It was right.

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The Midwife's Apprentice