Jack Chiltern's Wife (1999)
“And he might remain silent, not wanting to implicate himself.
He returned the following morning just as she was finishing a frugal breakfast in her room after a sleepless night. He was accompanied by her maid. Judith Sadler was a woman of middle years, almost as round as she was tall, with reddened cheeks and small blue eyes which easily sprang tears, as they were doing now, as they embraced.
‘Oh, Kitty, my love, what have you done?’ she cried. ‘Your uncle is silent and white-faced and your ste...pmama is screaming at him what an ungrateful wretch you are. They would have it that I knew aforehand what you were going to do and the mistress bade the Reverend beat it out of me. They could not believe I did not know where you were, nor couldn’t I believe it myself. How could you break my poor heart so?’ ‘I am truly sorry, Judith, but you might have stopped me—’ ‘For sure, I would.’ ‘But you came when I sent for you?’ ‘And why would I not? If ever you needed a body’s help it is now, and who else but me could you trust?’ ‘No one, dear Judith,’ Kitty said, looking over the grey head at Edward.MoreLess
He returned the following morning just as she was finishing a frugal breakfast in her room after a sleepless night. He was accompanied by her maid. Judith Sadler was a woman of middle years, almost as round as she was tall, with reddened cheeks and small blue eyes which easily sprang tears, as they were doing now, as they embraced.
‘Oh, Kitty, my love, what have you done?’ she cried. ‘Your uncle is silent and white-faced and your ste...pmama is screaming at him what an ungrateful wretch you are. They would have it that I knew aforehand what you were going to do and the mistress bade the Reverend beat it out of me. They could not believe I did not know where you were, nor couldn’t I believe it myself. How could you break my poor heart so?’ ‘I am truly sorry, Judith, but you might have stopped me—’ ‘For sure, I would.’ ‘But you came when I sent for you?’ ‘And why would I not? If ever you needed a body’s help it is now, and who else but me could you trust?’ ‘No one, dear Judith,’ Kitty said, looking over the grey head at Edward.MoreLess
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