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"I can change," she whined I grunted "I can!" she insisted

I looked out at the sea The waves were higher, the wind stronger

"I'm tired," I said "Just take s, Samuel"

"Aye," he said

I glanced back at Belinda She was gazing out the , too She looked like a little girl again, lost and bewildered I tried to find a place in ht in the boathouse and how she clung to Nelson Childs

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Belinda's Last Chance

After Samuel had taken me home and left with

Belinda to gather so her back, I phoned Effie to inforave her instructions about cleaning the house I could tell froh she was upset about Daddy, she was

particularly happy Belinda wouldn't be in her way during the next few days She took great pride in her work and was almost as upset about what Belinda had done as I was

As soon as I finished the phone conversation, I asked my oly appointed maid Loretta to, make ency and was, I thought, similar in character to Effie: serious, sincere and efficient I sat by thein ray world Frole I had a sht sight of a trawlerits way north

The vessel revived azebo at early evening with Daddy

Belinda was always bored with just sitting, talking and looking at scenery and was usually in the house on the phone or entertaining some friends who had come over to visit with her

"We're very lucky to be living by the sea," Daddy told h-rise gazing out at more brick, concrete and steel We can look out like this and see ships go by day and night and i to some exotic ports or beautiful lands So, Olivia You're sure to see more of the world than I have"

"Why, Daddy? Why haven't you traveled more?"