"People will know. People already know. I've gathered with some of our community just now. I'm not concerned about t' scandal, Elijah. It's already there. But she won't find a husband once t' bairn is born. T' men will ask around. We'll find someone to marry her and claim that child, and that's how it's always been solved. Alice, go back to your room."
Without a word, Alice got up and went to the other room, closing the door behind her.