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...the omniscient doctor, Head of the Sanitarium... |
Jennie wrote: |
You'll all have to wait and see, I'm afraid. There are two conflicting PBs nagging me. |
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And he knew that he had to sort Madge out. |
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drinking her third large gin of the morning. |
francesn wrote: |
is Madge going to throw something at his head or is she going to listen? |
Jennie wrote: |
'That's quite enough, Madge, more than enough. Now, if you're sober enough to listen to me, I've a few things that really must be said, and said as soon as possible. Now, just this once, are you prepared to listen to me, or not?' |
patmac wrote: |
Madge is well out of control! I feel sorry for Jem, even though he should have dealt with this long ago. It was probably for peace that he didn't make a fuss earlier. |
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as soon as he's married, I shall go to live near to him, so I can give him and his wife the benefit of my experience.' |
Jennie wrote: |
Now Jem was beginning to wonder how it was possible to make a man out of someone who had never had the chance to be a little boy. And he had repeated the same mistake with David and with Kevin and Kester, shunting them off to school so that they could be prepared for good careers, and in practice, alienating them from the family. |