`` that 's just where you were coming out a moment ago , '' she said , her eyebrows going up as she waited for an explanation . `` actually , it was worse than that . some days are just a continuation of the day before . you know , you should be more polite to the people whose beds you steal . but three weeks ago , he told her that he had been seeing someone else besides her , and wanted to marry the other woman . their job was to look after the cows , not help their poor mother . 