17/41 Thou should have brought Martha up here and sent her mother to London by herself." "Jane would not go without her." "I'm astonished at thee! I am astonished at thee, John Hatton!" "I did not want her to go. I said all I could to prevent it." "That was not enough. Thou should not have permitted her to go." "Jane thought the change would do her good." "Late hours, late dinners, lights, and noise, and crowded streets, and air that hes been breathed by hundreds and thousands before it reaches the poor child, and----" "Nay, mother, that's enough. |