‘I know he has ill-treated you. I know he has.’
‘I am not disposed to talk about it, Mrs Pipkin.’
’I should have thought it would have done you good to speak your mind out free. I knew it would me if I’d been served in that way.’
’If I had anything to say at all after that fashion it would be to the gentleman, and not to any other else. As it is I shall never speak of it again to any one. You have been very kind to me, Mrs Pipkin, and I shall be sorry to leave you.’
’Oh, Mrs Hurtle, you can’t understand what it is to me. It isn’t only my feelings. The likes of me can’t stand by their...