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"So you told her Aunt Gin was straight?"

"She was"

I squinted at hi with me?"

"Why wouldn’t I? To me, the idea was ridiculous There was never a shred of evidence Virginia Kinsey was anything other than a dyed-in-the-wool heterosexual She preferred being single, but that’s not aberrant behavior A lot of folks are like that I’m one"

"Me, too," I said "I don’t understand why Grand would even raise the question"

"Itshe could think of, so naturally, she wanted it to be true"

"As old-fashioned and proper as she sees"

"Don’t kid yourself Even Victorian wole’ woee’ "

"Did Aunt Gin knohat Grand was up to?"

"I believe she did"

"I don’t knohat to do with this For years, I’ve been feeling sorry for ive a shit Now it looks like she cared so hter to achieve her ends"

"That’s about the size of it On the bright side, she failed"

"Yeah, and on the dark side, look at what it cost My poor Aunt Gin I had no idea what she was going through She made sure no whisper of it ever reached my ears For years, I wasn’t aware I had family beyond her I only learned about one"