CHAPTER VII.
On the day fixed, and at nine in the morning, Dick Ellison, who had promised to drive Hetty over to Kelstein, arrived with his gig.
Sukey accompanied him, to join in the farewells and spend a few hours at the parsonage pending his return.
Now these visits of Sukey's were a trial to her no less than to her mother and sisters.

She knew that they detested her husband, and (what was worse) she had enough of the Wesley in her to perceive why and how: nevertheless, being a Wesley, she kept a steady face on her pain.

Stung at times to echo Dick's sentiments and opinions, as it were in self-defence, she tried to soften them down and present them in a form at least tolerable to her family.

It was heroic, but uncomfortable; and they set aside the best parlour for it.
Sukey would have preferred the kitchen.

In person she was short and plump, and her face expressed a desire to be cheerful.