Quote 73
… From that day Jennet Humfrye began to go mad. (11.111)
And it's no wonder—she had to watch her kid drown from the window. That's got to be rough stuff on that old psyche. But—we just have to point out—Arthur watched his child die in a horrible accident and managed not to go crazy. So what's the difference?
Quote 74
… Mad with grief and mad with anger and a desire for revenge. (11.113)
Okay, Sam is really laying it on here. Jennet is mad. Not mad-angry, but mad-crazy. Get it? She's bonkers. Cuckoo. Nutso. Insane in the membrane. And she's going to make sure everyone knows it.
Quote 75
Whether because of her loss and her madness or what, she also contracted a disease which caused her to begin to waste away. (11.115)
Wow, things don't really turn around for this lady at all. They just get more and more miserable. And she's about to make sure they get really miserable for the village, too.