There is nothing else you can do, Mrs.Doolan.
Any tone of sympathy, still less of pity, would be the worst thing possible.

He is in the lowest depths at present; but if he finds by your tone and manner that you regard him on the same footing as before, he will gradually come round, and I hope that before the end of the siege he will have opportunities of retrieving himself.

Not under fire--that is hopeless; but in other ways." "You may be sure we will do all we can, Doctor," Mrs.Doolan said warmly; "and there are plenty of ways he will be able to make himself most useful.

There is somebody wanted to look after all those syces and servants, and it would be a comfort to us to have someone to talk to occasionally; besides, all the children are fond of him." This sentiment was warmly echoed; and thus, when the determination at which the men had arrived to cut Bathurst became known, there was something like a feminine revolution.
"You may do as you like," Mrs.Doolan said indignantly; "but if you think that we are going to do anything so cruel and unjust, you are entirely mistaken, I can tell you." Mrs.Rintoul was equally emphatic, and Mrs.Hunter quietly, but with as much decision, protested.

"I have always regarded Mr.Bathurst as a friend," she said, "and I shall continue to do so.