The Bowers had behaved vilely; from every point of view, that was demonstrable.

Under the circumstances, they ought to have done without their rent, if need were, till Doomsday when, as Totty understood, all such arrears are made good to one with the utmost accuracy--nay, with interest to boot.

She had not seen any reason for quarrelling with the Bowers on the score of the scandal they spread about Thyrza, since there really seemed ground for their stories; and it was right that 'goings on' of that kind should be put a stop to.

Totty would always--that is, as often as she could--be scrupulously just.

But this last affair was beyond endurance.