"Oh Gwenda!"
"It would be his own fault. Just as it's his own fault that he hates her."
"He doesn't hate her. He's fond of all of us, in his way."
"Wot of Ally. Don't you know why? He can't look at her without thinking of how awful he is."
"And if he is—a little——You forget what he's had to go through."
"You mean Mummy running away from him?"
"Yes. And Mamma's dying. And before that—there was Mother."
Gwenda raised her head.
"He killed Mother."
"What do you mean?"