"If he had milk like that, he would soon be well!" But Godfrey dared not say, "Bring him to Thornwick": he knew his mother too well for that! "When were you anywhere in the country ?" he asked.

In a negative kind of way he was still nursing the baby.
"Not since we were married," she answered, sadly.

"You see, poor Tom can't afford it." Now Godfrey happened to have heard, "from the best authority," that Tom's mother was far from illiberal to him.
"Mrs.Helmer allows him so much a year--does she not ?" he said.
"I know he gets money from her, but it can't be much," she answered.
Godfrey's suspicions against Tom increased every moment.

He must learn the truth.

He would have it, if by an even cruel experiment! He sat a moment silent--then said, with assumed cheerfulness: "Well, Letty, I suppose, for the sake of old times, you will give me some dinner ?" Then, indeed, her courage gave way.