That woman is a martyr, Mrs.Blythe, believe ME.

When she married Fred Proctor _I_ knew how it would turn out.

He was one of your wicked, fascinating men.

After he got married he left off being fascinating and just kept on being wicked.

He drinks and he neglects his family.
Isn't that like a man?
I don't know how Mrs.Proctor would ever keep her children decently clothed if her neighbors didn't help her out." As Anne was afterwards to learn, Miss Cornelia was the only neighbor who troubled herself much about the decency of the young Proctors.
"When I heard this eighth baby was coming I decided to make some things for it," Miss Cornelia went on.