Saturday's child - Ruth Hamilton

Magsy O'Gara, a war widow, was pursued by men who admired her beauty, but Magsy was determined to remain a widow and dedicate her life to her daughter Beth.
Beth, however, wanted a family and a stepfather who might make her mother happy and was delighted when a personable man began to court Magsy.
Across the road, Nellie Hulme watched the two women.
Deaf since infancy, Nellie had a secret so huge that it amused her.
What would the folk round here have thought had they known her true position in life?
And why did she "hear" in her dreams?