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family papers He turned from the cabinet when I

>entered

"Don't you think that was nervy, co here

like that, Daddy? Surely, one of them"

"Don't, Olivia," he said, holding up his hand

"We've put it out of mind"

"I know, Daddy I'ry at her for

what she's done," I said

"Yes, I know, but you've got to look after her,

Olivia We've learned that lesson"

Why Daddy tolerated weakness in Belinda and

no one else, including my mother, was a question that

stuck like a bone in my throat

"I' on you to watch over her," he

said "She'll listen to you"