"Find myself," he said, quoting her unfortunate words with sarcasm.

"What on earth do you mean by that, my good child ?" She forced back her rising tears.

Had she utterly lost her rights as a wife?
He was speaking to her in the tone that a man uses to an interfering sister.

"What's to become of me ?" she asked.
"Newport, of course.

Why not?
Fill the house up.