Kate still bothers me because of her fairly stable set up with Kelly.
But for some reason she made an effort to be released from her cell. Bearing in mind that JTR was apparently the talk of the hop fields, why would she be so keen to leave the safety and relative comfort of her cell, and why did she head back to the place where she had previously been arrested rather than to her home turf of Spitalfields? If she’d kept quiet and pretended to be asleep, she might not have been turned out until daylight.
Her comment about getting a ‘good hiding’ when she got home is a curious one. She had no home to go to, but perhaps admitting that might have hampered her release. As for getting a good hiding, given how hard up she and Kelly were and that he had at some point to pawn his boots, I doubt he was best pleased when he heard that she had managed to secure some money and had promptly spent it on drink.
Perhaps she was fearful of an encounter with Kelly before she had money with which to placate him and was wary of trying to earn that money where she was known.
But for some reason she made an effort to be released from her cell. Bearing in mind that JTR was apparently the talk of the hop fields, why would she be so keen to leave the safety and relative comfort of her cell, and why did she head back to the place where she had previously been arrested rather than to her home turf of Spitalfields? If she’d kept quiet and pretended to be asleep, she might not have been turned out until daylight.
Her comment about getting a ‘good hiding’ when she got home is a curious one. She had no home to go to, but perhaps admitting that might have hampered her release. As for getting a good hiding, given how hard up she and Kelly were and that he had at some point to pawn his boots, I doubt he was best pleased when he heard that she had managed to secure some money and had promptly spent it on drink.
Perhaps she was fearful of an encounter with Kelly before she had money with which to placate him and was wary of trying to earn that money where she was known.
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