The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd: A Drama in Three Acts

by D. H. Lawrence

Never you mind, go to bed!

CLARA (appealingly)

Be quick, missis.

[Mrs. Holroyd, glancing round, sees Laura going purple, and runs past the children upstairs. The boy and girl sit on the lowest stair. Their father goes out of the house, shamefaced. Mrs. Holroyd runs downstairs with a little brandy in a large bottle.

CLARA

Thanks, awfully. (To Laura) Come on, try an' drink a drop, there's a dear.

[They administer brandy to Laura. The children sit watching, open-eyed. The girl stands up to look.

MINNIE (whispering)

I believe it's blue bonnet.