"A reporter fer the gazette. Her brother was an evil man who killed women and is also behind the deaths of others too. He was the owner of the brothel and married one of the women there, poor miss. Miss Pearl risked her reputation to help stop him and gave the story to that man and he stabbed her in the back. Would that I could wallop that jacknape." She clicked her tongue.

"The missus of the manor doesn't like the lass either, and the master.... Well, he shoulda had things in hand instead o' this." And then she gave a longsuffering sigh. "The lass isn't like the rest of the Carringtons. She is a kind soul with a spirit too big for this world to me."