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‘To-morrow,’ said Monica, ‘we must talk to her very seriously. I believe she has been drinking like that night after night. It explains the look she always has the first thing in the morning. Kansas City Chiefs Barn Could you have imagined anything so disgraceful?’
But Alice had softened towards the erring woman.
‘You must remember what her life has been, dear. I’m afraid loneliness is very often a cause —’
‘She needn’t have been lonely. She refused to come and live at Herne Hill, and now of course I understand why. Mrs. Conisbee must have known about it, and it was her duty to tell me. Mr. Widdowson had found out somehow, I feel sure.’
She explained the reason of this belief.
‘You know what it all points to,’ said Miss Madden, drying her sallow, pimpled cheeks. ‘You Scarpe Nike Air Max 2016 Uomo must do as your husband wishes, dearest. We must go to Clevedon. There the poor girl will be out of temptation.’
‘You and Virgie may go.’
‘You too, Monica. My dear sister, it is your duty.’
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‘But, dearest —’
‘You mustn’t begin this to-night, Alice. I have been ill all day, and now my head is aching terribly. Go downstairs and eat the supper they have laid for you.’
‘I couldn’t touch a morsel,’ sobbed Miss Madden. ‘Oh, everything is too dreadful! Life is too hard!’
Monica had returned to bed, and lay there with her face half hidden against the pillow.
‘If you don’t want any supper,’ she said in a moment, ‘please go and tell them, so that they needn’t sit up for you.’
Alice obeyed. When |
