Meanwhile the kettle began to boil, he put a hot-water bottle into the bed.
"Let us get your overcoat off," he said to the stupefied man.

"Come along." And with coaxing and pulling and pushing he got off the overcoat and coat and waistcoat.
At last Aaron was undressed and in bed.

Lilly brought him tea.

With a dim kind of obedience he took the cup and would drink.

He looked at Lilly with heavy eyes.
"I gave in, I gave in to her, else I should ha' been all right," he said.
"To whom ?" said Lilly.
"I gave in to her--and afterwards I cried, thinking of Lottie and the children.