"Well—a woman who could walk off like that and leave 'er little children—to say nothing of 'er husband——"
"Isn't it," said Prothero, "what you're proposing to do yourself?"
"I 'aven't got any little children. She's leavin' 'er 'usband to get away from' im, to please 'erself. I'm leavin' mine to bring 'im to me."
She paused, pensive.
"Oh, no, I'm not afraid of Mrs. Brodrick. She 'asn't got a 'eart."
"No?"
"Not wot I should call a 'eart."
"Perhaps not," said Laura.
"I used to hate her when she came about the place. Leastways I tried to hate her, and I couldn't."
She meditated in their silence.