"She's young, you see, she's pretty," she went on.

" Do you know, Anna, my youth and my beauty are gone, taken by whom? By him and his children.

I have worked for him, and all I had has gone in his service, and now of course any fresh, vulgar creature has more charm for him.

No doubt they talked of me together, or, worse still, they were silent.

Do you understand?" Again her eyes glowed with hatred.