"Poor John! He must be suffering to be so still and yet so cross." One day she went to Harlow House to see her mother and she spoke to her about John's crossness.

Then she found that John had Mrs.Harlow's thorough sympathy.
"Think of the thousands of pounds he has lost, Jane.

For my part I wonder he has a temper of any kind left; and all those families on his hands, as it were.

I am sure it is no wonder he is cross at times.

Your father would not have been to live with at all." "I hope you have not lost much, mother." "O Jane, how could I help losing?
Well then, I have been glad I could give.