`` I would n't mind if I never got another new stitch , if I could only manage the other things , '' said Mrs. Page stoutly . `` If your Uncle Eugene would only help us a little , until Leicester got through ! He really ought to . But of course he never will . '' `` Have you ever asked him ? '' said Dorinda . `` Oh , my dear , no ; of course not , '' said Mrs. Page in a horrified tone , as if Dorinda had asked if she had ever stolen a neighbour 's spoons . `` I do n't see why you should n't , '' said Dorinda seriously . `` Oh , Dorinda , Uncle Eugene hates us all . He is terribly bitter against us . He would never , never listen to any request for help , even if I could bring myself to make it . '' `` Mother , what was the trouble between us and Uncle Eugene ? I have never known the rights of it . I was too small to understand when I was home before . All I remember is that Uncle Eugene never came to see us or spoke to us when he met us anywhere , and we were all afraid of him somehow . I used to think of him as an ogre who would come creeping up the back stairs after dark and carry me off bodily if I was n't good . What made him our enemy ? And how did he come to get all of Grandfather Page 's property when Father got nothing ? '' `` Well , you know , Dorinda , that your Grandfather Page was married twice . Eugene was his first wife 's son , and your father the second wife 's .
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Dorinda Eugene Father Leicester Mother first neighbour ogre second spoons