"You need not stay here," he said.
"Would you rather I didn't?" asked Angela, rising.
"Why did you bring me here?"
"To make sure your wounds were attended to."
"Your brother is a landlord—'Kingsnorth—the absentee landlord,' we used to call your father as children. And I'm in his son's house. I'd betther be in jail than here."
"You mustn't think that."
"You've brought me here to humiliate me—to humiliate me!"
"No. To care for you. To protect you."
"Protect me?"
"If I can."