But now his wife was fully roused.
"Only dare!" she said in a loud, ringing voice.

"Only dare, milord, to lay a finger on that child! You'll regret it for ever." He was afraid of her.

In a towering rage, he sat down.
When the children were old enough to be left, Mrs.Morel joined the Women's Guild.

It was a little club of women attached to the Co-operative Wholesale Society, which met on Monday night in the long room over the grocery shop of the Bestwood "Co-op".

The women were supposed to discuss the benefits to be derived from co-operation, and other social questions.