"Well now! I am glad and proud to hear that. How is Martha and her mother?"
"They are on their way to London."
"However could thou afford it?"
"Sometimes we spend money we cannot afford."
"To be sure we do—and are always sorry for it. Thou should have brought Martha up here and sent her mother to London by herself."
"Jane would not go without her."
"I'm astonished at thee! I am astonished at thee, John Hatton!"
"I did not want her to go. I said all I could to prevent it."
"
That was not enough. Thou should not have permitted her to go."