What is the meaning of ‘broken‘ in this phrase
‘but all he could learn was that Mr Abel had himself broken the intelligence to his mother,’
While he was thus engaged, Kit made some anxious inquiries about his employers, and whether they had expressed any opinion concerning him; but all he could learn was that Mr Abel had himself broken the intelligence to his mother, with great kindness and delicacy, late on the previous night, but had himself expressed no opinion of his innocence or guilt.
