He pretended that their servants in Wyndham Street had made game of her behind her back, and robbed her right and left.

What did that matter?
she thought--Jonah could afford it.
The real reason was that he wanted no one in the house to see how he treated his wife.

She cared little herself whether she had a girl or not, for she had always been accustomed to make work easy by neglecting it.

If Jonah wanted a floor that you could eat your dinner off, let him get a servant.

He was as mean as dirt.