[Pulling her towards her.
HESTER {repulsing her roughly)
I won’t. Leave me alone, Janet. What has she been saying about me, mother? I insist on knowing.
MRS. DE MULLIN
Nothing, dear. Only some nonsense about you and Mr. Brown. Janet is always talking nonsense.
JANET
Yes, Hester. About you and Mr. Brown. Your Mr. Brown. Confess he has asked you to marry him as I said?
HESTER
(slowly)
Mr. Brown is engaged to be married to Agatha Bulstead. He told me so this evening after service.