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@@@@@(For a moment he feels lostAll their politeness, their acceptance of him as a relative is seen from the other side of the doorThere is the brief moment when he tries to reverse all the things he remembers their saying, examines them from the new approach
That doesn't mean anything, Margaret says, we're all such fraudsIt's a terrible thing to say, but you know whatever we have in the family is what we acceptI was terribly shocked when I first realized that
Then I'm all right, he says lightly
Oh, no, you won't do at all(She laughs first, and he joins in a little hesitantly You're just our second cousin from the West(Her long face seems merry for a moment Seriously, it's just that we've known only Navy up till nowTom Hopkinson and Thatcher Lloyd, I think you met him at Dennis, well, they're all Navy, and Uncle Andrew knows their fathers so wellI think he had a crush on your mother
Well, that makes it better(They laugh again, sit down on a bench and throw pebbles into the Charles River basin You're awfully vivacious, Margaret
Oh, I'm a fraud tooIf you knew me you'd say I was awfully moody
Oh, I wept, you know I completely wept when Minot and I lost our boat class race two years agoFather wanted us to win it, and I was terrified what he would sayYou can't move around here at all, nothing one can do, there's always a reason why it isn't advisable(For an instant her voice is almost bitter You're not like us at all, you're serious, you're important(Her voice lilts ag
