“That was poor Miss Jane Silverton—she came to talk things over with me: she and her sister want to do something to support themselves,” Gerty explained, as Lily followed her into the sitting-room. “To support themselves? Are they so hard up?” Miss Bart asked with a touch of irritation: she had not come to listen to the woes of other people. “I’m afraid they have nothing left: Ned’s debts have swallowed up everything.
Another person Bertha has destroyed
