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"Mrs Kinsey ca and told me what she had in mind Even as desperate as I was, I didn’t want to work for her so I nareed to pay it and I was stuck I sat surveillance on Virginia off and on for weeks--first in 1955, then again in ’56 and early ’57 In truth, I never saw your aunt as a motherly type She provided you with the basics, but I didn’t witness much in the way of affection"

"I can testify to that"

He s to her like a monkey So much so that I wondered about your emotional stability You’d taken a hit The loss of your parents was a bloasn’t sure you’d recover fro, but she was solid and she was constant She was also a firecracker when it cah"

"You decided all this sitting in a car parked down the street from us?"

"Not quite I’d been out there less than a hen she spotted ht I’d been discreet, but she was sharp She ood One day she caestured I should roll the n, and then invited ht as well do it up close and net ain After that, she kneas following her, but she made no concessions She did exactly what she always did What I thought of her and what I reported was of no concern"

"I’randmother was ancient even then Whatcustody?"

"It was the other way around She thought she had the ed to do that, who else was going to step in?"

"My irls Aunt Gin was next, and after her there was Sarah, Maura, and Susanna I should think any one of them would have been preferable"

"They were financially dependent on the senior Kinseys All the girls es, but their husbands didn’t have the kind of randparents did As I heard the story, Sarah and Maura didn’t approve of yourto defy Mrs Kinsey once they knew she wanted you"

"What kind of leverage did she have aside froh"

"Coive up?"

"It doesn’t hurt to ask I figure you’ll tell me as much or as little as you want"