She did not wish to break down before she had spoken what was in her mind.
Nora was muttering angrily to herself.

Jessica looked ready to cry, while Anne, pale and resolute, came over and stood by Grace.

She felt that she had been the primary cause of the whole trouble.

She had borne the girls' unjust treatment of herself in silence, but, now, they had visited their displeasure upon Grace, and that was not to be borne.
"How dared you do such a despicable thing ?" she cried.

"You are cruel, unfeeling, and oh, so unjust.