`` I wo n't then , '' agreed Charlotte . `` I can understand why people do n't like to have their sisters talked about sometimes . Lily Mitchell has a big sister who was sent to jail for stealing . Of course Lily does n't like to talk about her . '' The Tall Lady laughed a little bitterly . `` My sister did n't steal . She married a man I detested , that 's all . '' `` Did he drink ? '' asked Charlotte gravely . `` The matron 's husband drank and that was why she left him and took to running an orphan asylum . I think I 'd rather put up with a drunken husband than live in an orphan asylum . '' `` My sister 's husband did n't drink , '' said the Tall Lady grimly . `` He was beneath her , that was all . I told her I 'd never forgive her and I never shall . He 's dead now -- he died a year after she married him -- and she 's working for her living . I dare say she does n't find it very pleasant . She was n't brought up to that . Here , Charlotte , is a turnover for you . I made it on purpose for you . Eat it and tell me if you do n't think I 'm a good cook .
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