But she saw him go out of the bathroom--all fresh and more like himself--and cross the yard on his way to the Bachelors' Quarters, making it clear to her that he wished to avoid the part of the house she occupied.

Bridget went back to the front veranda in a cold fury, pierced by stabs of mental pain.

She watched him from the end of the veranda go into the living room of the Quarters, and thought bitterly that he would ask Mrs Hensor for the food he required.

No doubt too, he would obtain from Mrs Hensor, information as to how she herself had been getting on during his absence, and Mrs Hensor would give him a garbled report of her own dismissal from the sick room....

How dared he--oh! how DARED he treat her, Lady Bridget, his wife, with such cruel negligence, such marked insult! It did not occur to her that he might wish to see Ninnis, who, when at the station, was usually about this time, in his office at the back of the Bachelors' Quarters.
After a time, she heard Colin's voice again in the yard, and his step on the Old Humpey veranda.