The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Who else spreads gossip about Helen Graham?
Chapter 13 a return to duty
Chapter 13 a return to duty
Miss Wilson spreads gossip about Helen in Chapter 13.
“I would rather not speak of her now.”
“Ah! then you are convinced, at last, of your mistake—you have at length discovered that your divinity is not quite the immaculate—”
“I desired you not to speak of her, Miss Eliza.”
“Oh, I beg your pardon! I perceive Cupid’s arrows have been too sharp for you: the wounds, being more than skin-deep, are not yet healed, and bleed afresh at every mention of the loved one’s name.”
“Say, rather,” interposed Miss Wilson, “that Mr. Markham feels that name is unworthy to be mentioned in the presence of right-minded females. I wonder, Eliza, you should think of referring to that unfortunate person—you might know the mention of her would be anything but agreeable to any one here present.”
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall