"Away with ye!" Lottie shouted at the closed door and her husband beyond. Whatever else she might have said was lost as tears overwhelmed her. She had failed to be a mother to all her children. She had failed Charlie, God bless him. John was on the other side of the world with hatred in heart for those he left behind. Then there was Ruth. In Lottie's eyes, she had been willful and now looking to her family to support her in the aftermath. Now Joe was being reckless for God knows why. That left Kate. Kate had not done much to disappoint Lottie to date, but Lottie was sure she had failed her youngest somehow. In that dark moment, she turned some of that anger inward onto herself, and continued to cry.