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"I'll call you tomorrow," Arnold promised They all made the same promise and then

started out I followed them to the doorway and

watched the back

to Belinda

"Wasn't that nice?" she asked

"Which one was it, Belinda?"

"Pardon?"

"You knohat I mean Who was the father?"

She shook her head

"I told you I don't know, Olivia Besides,

Daddy said we shouldn't talk about it anymore," she

cried, turning her face to the pillow

"Was it one of them? It asn't it?" "Please, Olivia"

"Does he knohoever it is? Does he know

what happened in this room?"