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When
they
were
finally
satisfied
,
she
was
almost
blind
from
screwing
up
her
eyes
against
the
bite
of
the
caustic
,
and
little
rows
of
blisters
had
risen
all
over
her
face
and
scalp
.
Frank
swept
the
fallen
curls
into
a
sheet
of
paper
and
thrust
it
into
the
copper
fire
,
then
took
the
broom
and
stood
it
in
a
panful
of
kerosene
.
He
and
Fee
both
washed
their
hair
,
gasping
as
the
lye
seared
their
skins
,
then
Frank
got
out
a
bucket
and
scrubbed
the
kitchen
floor
with
sheep-dip
.
When
the
kitchen
was
as
sterile
as
a
hospital
they
went
through
to
the
bedrooms
,
stripped
every
sheet
and
blanket
from
every
bed
,
and
spent
the
rest
of
the
day
boiling
,
wringing
and
pegging
out
the
family
linen
.
The
mattresses
and
pillows
were
draped
over
the
back
fence
and
sprayed
with
kerosene
,
the
parlor
rugs
were
beaten
within
an
inch
of
their
lives
.
All
the
boys
were
put
to
helping
,
only
Meggie
exempted
because
she
was
in
absolute
disgrace
.
She
crawled
away
behind
the
barn
and
cried
.
Her
head
throbbed
with
pain
from
the
scrubbing
,
the
burns
and
the
blisters
;
and
she
was
so
bitterly
ashamed
that
she
would
not
even
look
at
Frank
when
he
came
to
find
her
,
nor
could
he
persuade
her
to
come
inside
.
In
the
end
he
had
to
drag
her
into
the
house
by
brute
force
,
kicking
and
fighting
,
and
she
had
pushed
herself
into
a
corner
when
Paddy
came
back
from
Wahine
in
the
late
afternoon
.
He
took
one
look
at
Meggie
's
shorn
head
and
burst
into
tears
,
sitting
rocking
himself
in
the
Windsor
chair
with
his
hands
over
his
face
,
while
the
family
stood
shuffling
their
feet
and
wishing
they
were
anywhere
but
where
they
were
.
Fee
made
a
pot
of
tea
and
poured
Paddy
a
cup
as
he
began
to
recover
.
"
What
happened
in
Wahine
?
"
she
asked
.
"
You
were
gone
an
awful
long
time
.
"
"
I
took
the
horsewhip
to
that
blasted
Dago
and
threw
him
into
the
horse
trough
,
for
one
thing
.
Then
I
noticed
MacLeod
standing
outside
his
shop
watching
,
so
I
told
him
what
had
happened
.
MacLeod
mustered
some
of
the
chaps
at
the
pub
and
we
threw
the
whole
lot
of
those
Dagos
into
the
horse
trough
,
women
too
,
and
tipped
a
few
gallons
of
sheep-dip
into
it
.
Then
I
went
down
to
the
school
and
saw
Sister
Agatha
,
and
I
tell
you
,
she
was
fit
to
be
tied
that
she
had
n't
noticed
anything
.
She
hauled
the
Dago
girl
out
of
her
desk
to
look
in
her
hair
,
and
sure
enough
,
lice
all
over
the
place
.
So
she
sent
the
girl
home
and
told
her
not
to
come
back
until
her
head
was
clean
.
I
left
her
and
Sister
Declan
and
Sister
Catherine
looking
through
every
head
in
the
school
,
and
there
turned
out
to
be
a
lot
of
lousy
ones
.
Those
three
nuns
were
scratching
themselves
like
mad
when
they
thought
no
one
was
watching
.
"
He
grinned
at
the
memory
,
then
he
saw
Meggie
's
head
again
and
sobered
.
He
stared
at
her
grimly
.
"
As
for
you
,
young
lady
,
no
more
Dagos
or
anyone
except
your
brothers
.
If
they
are
n't
good
enough
for
you
,
too
bad
.
Bob
,
I
'm
telling
you
that
Meggie
's
to
have
nothing
to
do
with
anyone
except
you
and
the
boys
while
she
's
at
school
,
do
you
hear
?
"
Bob
nodded
.
"
Yes
,
Daddy
.
"
The
next
morning
Meggie
was
horrified
to
discover
that
she
was
expected
to
go
to
school
as
usual
.
"
No
,
no
,
I
ca
n't
go
!
"
she
moaned
,
her
hands
clutching
at
her
head
.
"
Mum
,
Mum
,
I
ca
n't
go
to
school
like
this
,
not
with
Sister
Agatha
!
"
"
Oh
,
yes
,
you
can
,
"
her
mother
replied
,
ignoring
Frank
's
imploring
looks
.
"
It
'll
teach
you
a
lesson
.
"
