And, whatever an unimpassioned spectator might think of her loss of such a husband as Wildeve, there could be no doubt that for the moment she was distracted and horrified by the blow.
He was oddly distracted and jumpy during lessons, losing the thread of what he was saying while talking to the class, answering questions wrongly, and all the time glancing anxiously at Umbridge all the time.
" Not all of us can be as comely as you. The girl is lost. It would not surprise me if the poor creature wasn't sneaking up to jump over the side and drown herself" .