Robert and Mrs Hathall are taking the train to Kingsmarkham to spend the weekend with Robert’s
wife, Angela.
Because the only other time they met, Angela described Robert’s first wife, Eileen, as a greedy cow.
Mrs Hathall also sees Angela as the woman who broke up Robert and Eileen’s happy marriage.
Wexford doesn’t feel any sympathy for Hathall because his words and behaviour sound false