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Chapter 5. Family Affairs

           Youweremuchthestronger,mother,anddirectedhim.Asachild,IknewitaswellasIknowitnow.IknewthatyourascendancyoverhimwasthecauseofhisgoingtoChinatotakecareofthebusinessthere,whileyoutookcareofithere(thoughIdonotevennowknowwhetherthesewerereallytermsofseparationthatyouagreedupon);andthatitwasyourwillthatIshouldremainwithyouuntilIwastwenty,andthengotohimasIdid.Youwillnotbeoffendedbymyrecallingthis,aftertwentyyears?’

           ‘Iamwaitingtohearwhyyourecallit.’

           Heloweredhisvoice,andsaid,withmanifestreluctance,andagainsthiswill:

           ‘Iwanttoaskyou,mother,whetheriteveroccurredtoyoutosuspect—’

           AtthewordSuspect,sheturnedhereyesmomentarilyuponherson,withadarkfrown.Shethensufferedthemtoseekthefire,asbefore;butwiththefrownfixedabovethem,asifthesculptorofoldEgypthadindenteditinthehardgraniteface,tofrownforages.

           ‘—thathehadanysecretremembrancewhichcausedhimtroubleofmind—remorse?Whetheryoueverobservedanythinginhisconductsuggestingthat;oreverspoketohimuponit,oreverheardhimhintatsuchathing?’

           ‘Idonotunderstandwhatkindofsecretremembranceyoumeantoinferthatyourfatherwasapreyto,’shereturned,afterasilence.‘Youspeaksomysteriously.

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