And when his mamma was so bad he didn't peak and pine and cry, so as to break her heart.

Did he, my own, own brave little man ?' And she could boast of her own health too.

'Thank God I am strong, John.

I can bear things which would break down other women.

You shall never see me give way because I am a poor creature.' Certainly she had a right to boast that she was not a poor creature.
Caldigate no doubt was subject to troubles of which she knew nothing.