"I have not made myself clear.

It is not the washing that troubles her; it is her husband who beats her, and her boy who worries her.

If you and I take our work from her, she will have that much less money to depend upon, and will suffer in consequence, She is a hard-working and capable woman, and makes a fair living.

I would not advise you to give her money, for her husband would find it out, and take it from her.

It is sympathy that she wants.