"He left her to me. And for that I can never forgive him."

"Yes, some fathers are like that, ... It drives my mother crazy. Does Isobel go crazy as well?'"

"'Yeah. She doesn't understand Peter like I do. 'Just like my mother.' 'Yeah?'"

"She hates it it when Pa has girlfriends. She says some men can't help themselves. Then she cries, and when she stops …"

"My father must have realised that his marriage wasn't going to survive. He was biding his time, waiting for the right…"

"So, instead of abandoning us, Pa did the next best thing: he avoided my mother as much as possible, staying away for …"

"Dismissing her accusations of infidelity, he claimed she was imagining things; he was staying overnight with relatives."

"Since Mama wouldn't let them visit us, he was spending time with them for a change. Of course there wasn't another wo…"

"Freduagymen"

"Prayers should be said in common, master and man mistress and maid, rich and poor together, for all are equal before …"