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Grace: [regarding Lydia] Was she born like that?
Mrs. Mills: Beg your pardon, ma'am?
Grace: The girl. Was she born a mute?
Mrs. Mills: No.
[looks uncomfortable]
Mrs. Mills: I think I've finished here, ma'am. If you'll excuse me, I think I'll go and see if Mr. Tuttle needs a hand.
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Charles: [enters Anne and Nicholas' bedroom]
[quietly]
Charles: How are my little ones?
Anne: [excited] Daddy!
[she hugs Charles]
Anne: Why did you take so long?
Charles: [smiles when he sees Nicholas] Hello Nicholas.
[Nicholas hugs him]
Anne: [to Nicholas] I told you, you see! I told you he'd come back!
Charles: [as he hugs the children] Have you both been well-behaved?
Anne: We've been very good.
Charles: Have you been good to your Mother?
Nicholas: Very good. We study every day for our First Communion.
Anne: [pauses] Daddy, did you kill anyone?
Ricardo López
Extended Reading