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`` She 'd have had to go out to service in any case , '' said Jane , spitefully ; `` the neighbours was so very kind to two girls . '' `` Jane , I knew your grandmother , '' said Anne , `` and I know how hard she had to work to keep you two girls respectably dressed and cared for . I know you think I 'm an interfering , peculiar woman and an old maid , but your grandmother was no old maid . She lost your mother who 'd have worked and kept her when she was old , and instead of having an arm to lean on , she 'd to work morning , noon , and night , to give you two girls a home . She was working when other people was sleeping . It 's better even to go to the Union than to do as you 've done . '' Jane , after twisting her fingers together , pulled out her handkerchief with a jerk and began to cry , thus rousing the indolent anger of Richard Burton , who , with a blustering tone , as though he wanted to shout down an opponent , burst out -- `` Well , she 's here now and she 's not going away .