What does he want ?" "He wants to see you." "What about ?" "I suppose it's about property or something," Hilda replied, blushing.
Never had she felt so abject in front of her mother.
Mrs.Lessways rapidly unpinned the flannel petticoat and then threw it, with a desperate gesture of sacrifice, on to the deal table.

The situation had to be met.

The resplendent male awaited her in the death-cold room.

The resplendent male had his overcoat, but she, suffering, must face the rigour and the risk unprotected.

No matter if she caught bronchitis! The thing had to be done.