W. Pett Ridge, Mr. and Mrs. Ranger (1902)
“ Ranger desolately, giving up work and subsiding into a chair, "oh! that it should have come to this. To have a 'usband who sets himself amongst your enemies, who snaps your head off directly you open your mouth, who hates the very ground you walk on!" ”
W. Pett Ridge, Mr. and Mrs. Ranger (1902)
“ Ranger flew away from her and closed and locked the scullery door. She ran upstairs with a confused fear of finding her baby in the last stages of illness, but that young gentleman, engaged in manœuvring a tin train, met her with cheerfulness, begging only that she would for just one moment assist him in his labours by acting as tunnel, a part that could be played by any adult prepared to go down on hands and knees. ”
W. Pett Ridge, Mr. and Mrs. Ranger (1902)
“ Wilks had recovered from his severe attack of indigestion, she braced herself for the worst. The ship by this time would have left South Wales, and she thought continuously of her husband making his lonely way to a strange land. A single knock that came to her door on Thursday evening made her leave the doctor, who had called to see the baby, and hurry downstairs. "John!" she whispered affrightedly. "I ought not to have called," admitted Mr. Ranger humbly. "You should have been on your way to America," she cried, pulling him in and closing the door. ”
