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"
I
did
hear
,
Frank
,
I
heard
all
of
it
,
"
Meggie
said
.
"
I
wo
n't
say
a
word
to
anybody
,
though
,
I
promise
.
But
oh
,
I
do
wish
you
did
n't
have
to
go
away
!
"
She
was
too
young
to
be
able
to
tell
him
what
was
no
more
than
an
unreasoning
something
within
her
heart
;
who
else
was
there
,
if
Frank
went
?
He
was
the
only
one
who
gave
her
overt
affection
,
the
only
one
who
held
her
and
hugged
her
.
When
she
was
smaller
Daddy
used
to
pick
her
up
a
lot
,
but
ever
since
she
started
at
school
he
had
stopped
letting
her
sit
on
his
knee
,
would
n't
let
her
throw
her
arms
around
his
neck
,
saying
,
"
You
're
a
big
girl
now
,
Meggie
.
"
And
Mum
was
always
so
busy
,
so
tired
,
so
wrapped
in
the
boys
and
the
house
.
It
was
Frank
who
lay
closest
to
her
heart
,
Frank
who
loomed
as
the
star
in
her
limited
heaven
.
He
was
the
only
one
who
seemed
to
enjoy
sitting
talking
to
her
,
and
he
explained
things
in
a
way
she
could
understand
.
Ever
since
the
day
Agnes
had
lost
her
hair
there
had
been
Frank
,
and
in
spite
of
her
sore
troubles
nothing
since
had
speared
her
quite
to
the
core
.
Not
canes
or
Sister
Agatha
or
lice
,
because
Frank
was
there
to
comfort
and
console
.
But
she
got
up
and
managed
a
smile
.
"
If
you
have
to
go
,
Frank
,
then
it
's
all
right
.
"
"
Meggie
,
you
ought
to
be
in
bed
,
and
you
'd
better
be
back
there
before
Mum
checks
.
Scoot
,
quickly
!
"
The
reminder
drove
all
else
from
her
head
;
she
thrust
her
face
down
and
fished
for
the
trailing
back
of
her
gown
,
pulled
it
through
between
her
legs
and
held
it
like
a
tail
in
reverse
in
front
of
her
as
she
ran
,
bare
feet
spurning
the
splinters
and
sharp
chips
.
In
the
morning
Frank
was
gone
.
When
Fee
came
to
pull
Meggie
from
her
bed
she
was
grim
and
terse
;
Meggie
hopped
out
like
a
scalded
cat
and
dressed
herself
without
even
asking
for
help
with
all
the
little
buttons
.
In
the
kitchen
the
boys
were
sitting
glumly
around
the
table
,
and
Paddy
's
chair
was
empty
.
So
was
Frank
's
.
Meggie
slid
into
her
place
and
sat
there
,
teeth
chattering
in
fear
.
After
breakfast
Fee
shooed
them
outside
dourly
,
and
behind
the
barn
Bob
broke
the
news
to
Meggie
.
"
Frank
's
run
away
,
"
he
breathed
.
"
Maybe
he
's
just
gone
into
Wahine
,
"
Meggie
suggested
.
