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William demanded of his son as Kate entered the nursery

’Perhaps he’ll end up doing so hile,’ said Kate

’What’s ?’ Williaht be a musician, or a baseball player, or even President of the United States’

’Of those three I’d prefer hiestions that pays a decent salary,’ said William as he tucked Richard into bed

Richard’s last words before sleeping were, ’Tree, Daddy’ Williaave in

It wasn’t his day

’You look exhausted, darling I hope you haven’t forgotten that we’re having drinks later with Andrew MacKenzieT ’Hell, Andrew’s party had totally slippedus?,’

’In about an hour’

’Well, first I’ht that was a woht I need a little pa day’

’Tony bothering you again?’

Tes, but I aht He’s been co habits I was only thankful he didn’tIt’s become impossible to take Matthew to any party nowadays without the eldest daughter, not toto be locked away for their own safety Will you run my bath?’

William sat in the tub forhi they arrived at the MacKenzie’s twenty - five minutes late, only to find that Matthew, already well on the way to being inebriated, was trying to pick up a congressman’s wife Willia so

’Don’t say anything,’ she whispered

’I can’t stand here and watch hi to pieces in front of my eyes,’

said Willia’

But in the end he took Kate’s advice and spent an unhappy evening watching Matthew becoressively drunk Tony Si pointedly at William, as relieved at Matthew’s early departure, even though it was in the company of the only unattached woone William started to relax for the first time that day

’How is little Richard?’ Andrew MacKenzie asked

’He can’t say "three",’said Willia civilised after all,’ said Doctor MacKenzie