Pg 66, L 21 "Here!...father's"
We can understand that Helen's husband does not want to be recognized as the child's father, because of "paying" the "dishonor of a faithless woman". Maybe from his speech it is possible to assume that he does not love the woman, otherwise he would have helped her and recognized the child: they both define their marriage as a mistake. But if there is no love, no intenction in living a love/family story, why coming back and risk to be recognized as her husband, to be ashamed?
Yes, there doesn't seem to have been a lot of love in this relationship - how does that compare with Hester other relationship? The one that produced the child?
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