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She never harangued about them; a few words, a few looks, burning from an inward fire these expressed her: as when, twice, he had met her at dusk, with the aspect of a wounded spirit, coming out of hovels that he himself must now be ashamed of, since they were Melrose's hovels. "I've just come from Mainstairs," he said to her abruptly, as the house in front drew nearer.
I have done something! that is what people forget." He looked at her passionately; a distress rising in his eyes, which he could not hide. Was it her silence the absence of any cheering, approving sound from her? She lifted her hand, and let it drop. "Mainstairs!" she said. It was just breathed a cry of pain. "Yes Mainstairs! I know let us tackle Mainstairs. Mainstairs is a horror a tragedy.
Something, for instance, was begun at Mainstairs, while Melrose was away in Holland, after the fresh diphtheria cases broke out. There was an attempt made to get at the pollutions infecting the water supply, and repairs were begun on the worst cottage.
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