`Yes,LadyChatterley’snotlookingatallwell!Why,sheusedtobethatbonny,didn’tshenow?Butshe’sbeenfailingallwinter!Oh,it’shard,itis。PoorSirClifford!Eh,thatwar,it’salottoanswerfor。’
AndMrsBoltonwouldcometoWragbyatonce,ifDrShardlowwouldletheroff。Shehadanotherfortnight’sparishnursingtodo,byrights,buttheymightgetasubstitute,youknow。
HildapostedofftoDrShardlow,andonthefollowingSundayMrsBoltondroveupinLeiver’scabtoWragbywithtwotrunks。Hildahadtalkswithher;MrsBoltonwasreadyatanymomenttotalk。Andsheseemedsoyoung!
Thewaythepassionwouldflushinherratherpalecheek。Shewasforty-seven。
Herhusband,TedBolton,hadbeenkilledinthepit,twenty-twoyearsago,twenty-twoyearslastChristmas,justatChristmastime,leavingherwithtwochildren,oneababyinarms。Oh,thebabywasmarriednow,Edith,toayoungmaninBootsCashChemistsinSheffield。TheotheronewasaschoolteacherinChesterfield;shecamehomeweekends,whenshewasn’taskedoutsomewhere。Youngfolksenjoyedthemselvesnowadays,notlikewhenshe,IvyBolton,wasyoung。