Alice Turner wanted to go back early to find Benjamin Shaw, to talk about the divorce, but she couldn't let Thomas Fisher know about it; if he knew, he'd definitely ask her.
What should she say to him then? Should she tell him that his third brother didn't agree to the divorce? She needed to go back and continue the talk with his third brother.
It was better for her to handle the divorce herself; she couldn't let him get involved, as his involvement would complicate things.
"Eat up, I'll take you back once you're done." Thomas Fisher felt that Alice Turner wasn't being honest with him, always sensing that she was hiding something from him. He gazed deeply at her as she lowered her head to eat, but didn't ask further, and began eating what he held in his hands.
Neither of them said anything more, just eating the food in their bowls silently.
