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And Dearest, fearing that her idolized boy might grow up a man like well, like "Grumper" had been hard, quarrelsome, adventurous, flippant, wicked, pleasure-loving, drunken, Godless ... redoubled her efforts to Influence-the-child's-mind-for-good by means of the Testaments and Theology, the Covenant, the Deluge, Miracles, the Immaculate Conception, the Last Supper, the Resurrection, Pentecost, Creeds, Collects, Prayers.
They walked away, hand in hand, incredulous, tremulous, bewildered by the beauty and wonder and glory of Life. Alas! As they passed the Lodge and entered the dark avenue, Dam found his tongue. "Must tell Grumper," he said. Nothing mattered since Lucille loved him like that. She'd be happier in the subaltern's hut in the plains of India than in a palace. If Grumper didn't like it, he must lump it.
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