“HewasonceortwicecrosswithmewhenIsaiditseemedapitytobespendingthemoneyinthebankwhichmightbeafterwardwantedinsteadofearningmoreinbusiness。GoodMr。Bapchild，happeningaboutthistimetobeinLondon，staidoverSunday，andcametodinewithusbetweentheservices。Hehadtriedtomakemypeacewithmyrelations——buthehadnotsucceeded。Atmyrequesthespoketomyhusbandaboutthenecessityofexertinghimself。Myhusbandtookitill。Ithensawhimseriouslyoutoftemperforthefirsttime。GoodMr。Bapchildsaidnomore。Heappearedtobealarmedatwhathadhappened，andhetookhisleaveearly。
“Shortlyafterwardmyhusbandwentout。Igotteareadyforhim——buthenevercameback。Igotsupperreadyforhim——buthenevercameback。ItwaspasttwelveatnightbeforeIsawhimagain。Iwasverymuchstartledbythestatehecamehomein。Hedidn’tspeaklikehimself，orlooklikehimself：hedidn’tseemtoknowme——wanderedinhismind，andfellallinalumplikeonourbed。Iranoutandfetchedthedoctortohim。
“Thedoctorpulledhimuptothelight，andlookedathim；
smelledhisbreath，anddroppedhimdownagainonthebed；turnedabout，andstaredatme。’What’sthematter，Sir？’Isays。’Doyoumeantotellmeyoudon’tknow？’saysthedoctor。’No，Sir，’
saysI。’Whywhatsortofawomanareyou，’sayshe，’nottoknowadrunkenmanwhenyouseehim!’Withthathewentaway，andleftmestandingbythebedside，allinatremblefromheadtofoot。