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Through some Manchester acquaintance she succeeded in getting occasional news of Nelly, who was, it appeared, killing herself with hard and disagreeable work. She heard also from the woman left in charge of the Loughrigg farm that all Mrs. Sarratt's personal possessions had been sent to the care of Miss Martin, and that Sir William had shut up the cottage and never came there.
Seven years! preposterous! in time of war, said the wives. To which the husbands would easily reply that, in such cases as Mrs. Sarratt's, the law indeed might be 'an ass, but there were ways round it. Mrs. Sarratt might re-marry, and no one could object, or would object. Only if Sarratt did rise from the dead, the second marriage would be ipso facto null and void.
Sometimes the veil between him and those about him seems to thin a little, and one makes attempts hypnotism, suggestion, and so forth. But so far, quite in vain. He has, however, one peculiarity which I may mention. His hands are long and rather powerful. But the little fingers are both crooked markedly so. I wonder if you ever noticed Sarratt's hands? However, I won't write more now.
As to the future, he was well aware of the emotional depths in Nelly's nature. George Sarratt's claim upon her life and memory would now be doubly strong.
That morning, however, there had been news a letter from Sarratt's Colonel, enclosing letters from two privates, who had seen Sarratt go over the parapet in the great rush, and one of whom had passed him wounded on the ground and tried to stay by him. But 'Lieutenant Sarratt wouldn't allow it. 'Never mind me, old chap' one witness reported him as saying. 'Get on.
He recognised fully that the intimacy she allowed him, her sweet openness and confidingness, were all conditioned by what she regarded as the fixed points in her life; by her widowhood, legal and spiritual, and by her tacit reliance on his recognition of the fact that she was set apart, bound as other widows were not bound, protected by the very mystery of Sarratt's fate, from any thought of re-marriage.
But now, every fibre in her delicate being physical and spiritual would be racked by the sight of Sarratt's suffering and death. And no doubt pure, scrupulous little soul! she would be tormented by the thought of what had just passed between herself and him, before the news from France arrived. He might as well look that in the face. Well! patience and time there was nothing else to look to.
And she thought now, that she had behaved like a fool in not recognising Sarratt at once, and so preserving her influence with her sister. Morally, however, she saw no great harm in what she had done. It was arguable, at any rate. Everything was arguable. As to the effect on Nelly of the outward and visible facts of Sarratt's death, it seemed to have been exactly what she, Bridget, had foreseen.
His hospital and his pride in it were in fact Nelly Sarratt's best safeguard. Whatever he wished, he could not possibly spend all his time at her feet. Hester tried one more argument the conventional. 'Have you ever really asked yourself, Willy, how it will look to the outside world what people will think? It is all very well to scoff at Mrs. Grundy, but the poor child has no natural guardian.
'Oh, yes, sir. And Mrs. Simpson gave a rapid, sotto voce account of the visitors' arrival, their lunch, Mrs. Sarratt's sad looks 'poor little lady! and much else. Sir William stepped in. 'Are they at home? Mrs. Simpson shook her head. 'They went out after lunch, Sir William, and I have not heard them come in. Which, of course, was a mistake on the part of Mrs.
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