As she started to cry in earnest, Lorn was about to find his handkerchief to hand it over to her but she had gotten her own.  Instead, he reached out. 

"Care for me to hold the baby, and let you get ahold of yourself?"  He asked quietly.  His hands were rough but large, the man was a large man period.  He usually stood taller than most men and then with the white hair, he was hard to ignore even in a crowd.

"As for the man, you are more generous about that than I would be."  Personally, he would like to punch the man, several times to be honest, but that would not help her at this moment.  He was more concerned about her current situation.

"Well, you have a place to live, and can stay there for the time meaning, that is good."  He didn't know of her financial situation, and that he figured was a privacy manner.  It did seem she was not hurting for funds though and would be able to focus on the children and not trying to work and take care of them from what she said.

"I hope your brother comes to his senses, as he has a sister, nephew, and niece.  Family is too important to let them go like that over something like that."  He stated though he knew others were not of the same kind of thinking as he was.   He couldn't even say it was one of the English snobby things, as even in the states, this kind of thing could ruin a woman.  He thought of Heidi's mother and how his actions had left her reputation ruined.

He couldn't repair that situation, other than how he had with Heidi, but looking at the woman before him, he thought he could help someone in a related situation.   "Would you take it improper or out of line if I offered you my assistance if you wanted to stay in town?"

"I live not far from town.  I bought the Gardener family place.  The one with all the land and white fence around the main house.  The older woman passed away and the heir had enough properties to take care of as it was and had it on sale about a year ago.  I needed to start over after my wife passed away, so I bought it and now breed horses there."

"Anyway, it would be improper for you to live in the proper house, but there are a few cottages at the back of the house that are for various house employees.  The housekeeper, the butler, the cook and her family and the like.  Well, there are a couple of them empty.  I was thinking I could rent them out, but haven't gotten around to it yet.   If you were to want to get out of town until you figure out what you want to do, its open to you."  He offered.