They might be kind, I thought. They might be sensible and good. They will not be like you.  But I did not say it. I knew it would mean nothing to her. I said something - something ordinary and mild, I cannot think what. And after a time she came and kissed my cheek, and then she left me.
Sarah Waters, Affinity
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