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"
His
father
was
married
already
.
He
was
a
lot
older
than
me
,
an
important
politician
.
If
I
told
you
his
name
,
you
'd
recognize
it
.
There
are
streets
named
for
him
all
over
New
Zealand
,
a
town
or
two
probably
.
But
for
the
purpose
,
I
'll
call
him
Pakeha
.
It
's
Maori
for
'
white
man
,
'
but
it
'll
do
.
He
's
dead
now
,
of
course
.
I
have
a
trace
of
Maori
blood
in
me
,
but
Frank
's
father
was
half
Maori
.
It
showed
in
Frank
because
he
got
it
from
both
of
us
.
Oh
,
but
I
loved
that
man
!
Perhaps
it
was
the
call
of
our
blood
,
I
do
n't
know
.
He
was
handsome
.
A
big
man
with
a
mop
of
black
hair
and
the
most
brilliant
,
laughing
black
eyes
.
He
was
everything
Paddy
was
n't
--
cultured
,
sophisticated
,
very
charming
.
I
loved
him
to
the
point
of
madness
.
And
I
thought
I
'd
never
love
anyone
else
;
I
wallowed
in
that
delusion
so
long
I
left
it
too
late
,
too
late
!
"
Her
voice
broke
.
She
turned
to
look
at
the
garden
.
"
I
have
a
lot
to
answer
for
,
Meggie
,
believe
me
.
"
"
So
that
's
why
you
loved
Frank
more
than
the
rest
of
us
,
"
Meggie
said
.
"
I
thought
I
did
,
because
he
was
Pakeha
's
son
and
the
rest
belonged
to
Paddy
,
"
She
sat
down
,
made
a
queer
,
mournful
noise
.
"
So
history
does
repeat
itself
.
I
had
a
quiet
laugh
when
I
saw
Dane
,
I
tell
you
.
"
"
Mum
,
you
're
an
extraordinary
woman
!
"
"
Am
I
?
"
The
chair
creaked
;
she
leaned
forward
.
"
Let
me
whisper
you
a
little
secret
,
Meggie
.
Extraordinary
or
merely
ordinary
,
I
'm
a
very
unhappy
woman
.
For
one
reason
or
another
I
've
been
unhappy
since
the
day
I
met
Pakeha
.
Mostly
my
own
fault
.
I
loved
him
,
but
what
he
did
to
me
should
n't
happen
to
any
woman
.
And
there
was
Frank
...
I
kept
hanging
on
to
Frank
,
and
ignoring
the
rest
of
you
.
Ignoring
Paddy
,
who
was
the
best
thing
ever
happened
to
me
.
Only
I
did
n't
see
it
.
I
was
too
busy
comparing
him
with
Pakeha
.
Oh
,
I
was
grateful
to
him
,
and
I
could
n't
help
but
see
what
a
fine
man
he
was
...
"
She
shrugged
.
"
Well
,
all
that
's
past
.
What
I
wanted
to
say
was
that
it
's
wrong
,
Meggie
.
You
know
that
,
do
n't
you
?
"
"
No
,
I
do
n't
.
The
way
I
see
it
,
the
Church
is
wrong
,
expecting
to
take
that
from
her
priests
as
well
.
"
"
Funny
,
how
we
always
infer
the
Church
is
feminine
.
You
stole
a
woman
's
man
,
Meggie
,
just
as
I
did
.
"
"
Ralph
had
absolutely
no
allegiance
to
any
woman
,
except
to
me
.
The
Church
is
n't
a
woman
,
Mum
.
It
's
a
thing
,
an
institution
.
"
