I didn’t know that, Harriet. In fact, I thought you would rather not. When a dreadful thing like this happens in a family it seems best not to write about it or to speak of it either, doesn’t it? Hugo and I never speak of it.
MRS. CLOUSTON
Does Hugo know you hear from her?
MRS. DE MULLIN
I think not. I have never told him. Nor Hester. I’m sure Hester would disapprove.
MRS. CLOUSTON
My dear Jane, what can it matter whether Hester approves or not? Hester knows nothing about such things. At her age!
MRS. DE MULLIN
Hester is twenty-eight.