17/19 'I have heard of your trouble, Emily, from Miss Lockwood. Is there anything I can do to help you ?' 'Nothing, sir, thank you. Perhaps, I had better go home after what has happened? I am very sorry for her.' She stole away, with her formal curtsey, her noiseless step, and her obstinate resolution to take the gloomiest view of her husband's case. There was nothing to keep him in the house, and yet he lingered in it. |