It being a whit Monday, the village was in a festive mood. Mrs. Hall expected a brisk business when both she and her husband were required to put in a lot of time to attend to the customers at the bar. However, when she saw Henfrey and Hall close to the guest parlour trying to overhear what was going inside, she got annoyed. She went up to the two men and chided her husband for such an irresponsible behaviour. Hall tried his best to make her understand the urgency of situation but his efforts proved futile. Crest-fallen, both the gentlemen had to withdraw to the bar. The episode reveals Mrs. Hall’s dominating nature. She had little faith in the capabilities of her husband and she considered her own business sense and efficiency to be superior to that of Hall’s. Not only that, she trusted Henry’s intelligence much more than that of her husband because she listened to the entire account from Hefley instead of Hall. One also feels that there is an element of over-confidence in the lady.