"I do know that," Winnie beamed at Em. "But it's not your responsibility to feed the poor waifish sister-in-law all of the time." Winnie had subjected Emilia to more of her presence that was strictly necessary in the last year, but she suspected Em didn't mind. In fact, though they had never discussed it, Winnie thought they both might need it more than either would let on. 

"How's Ned doing?" Win knew how Anne was doing, based on her niece's recent letters, but she hadn't said anything to Emilia about it yet. She rather thought Anne could handle it, even if Winnie had been rather frank in her advice.