Part 3, Chapter 4

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠I hope you haven't got the impression that I didn't like Mrs. Cunningham. Indeed, if half I presently learned about her was true, it would have been a hard heart that had not shown a very real and compassionate consideration for her. Young as she was, she had had a wretched story. As far as I know it it was this:—

The late George Cunningham, having contracted the dangerous habit of going to bed eve