ound 'the hospitals, the drains, the dairy' '[b]ut this is not a thing ... that one says'. Thus Woolf offers the reader a ruthless social system that calls these lonely figures into being, without any offer of recourse or alternatives. However, one must not fully acquit Mrs. Ramsay from any responsibility. As implied by her perpetual challenges to Mr. Ramsay's refusal of a Lighthouse trip, 'But it may be fine – I expect it will be fine' Woolf paints Mrs. Ramsay as somewhat indolent. However hopeful she may be, she is far from inclined to seize her conviction and row herself an
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