In "A Rose for Emily," what does this mean?: “At last they could pity Miss Emily. Being left alone, and a pauper, she had become humanized"?

This quote occurs at the end of Part II of William
Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily." Emily's father has just died, leaving her
alone and penniless except for the old house in which she lives. The Grierson family had
long been one of Jefferson's wealthiest and had always considered "themselves a little
too high and mighty for what they really were." Such a haughty attitude caused many of
the townspeople to dislike Emily, but now that she had suffered the tragedy of her
father's death, it relegated her to a more lowly and human position. She now has no
friends and no money. Before this, the citizens had no reason to pity her, but now they
actually do.