Nancy wept and wept till she fell asleep from exhaustion.

She realised that she did not have supporters.

Mrs. Potts that would have been her witness was not really there when she heard it. They would have asked her if she heard it with her own ears and she would have said truthfully that Nancy had told it to her as soon as she came out of her quarters.Which still boils down to having concrete evidence.

And she did not want to involve her except if absolutely necessary because she did not want her to get into trouble with the owners of the house on her account.

She was really...