When he grabbed my wrist— she took Anne's wrist, unconsciously digging in her fingernails— I suddenly saw what he was. Thanks, Dad, she said. David says that's true courage, to act bravely even when you are terrified. Her normal self-consciousness had vanished.
But it passes, Charlotte. She felt nervous, threatened. Oh my God, Madeleine! she cried. She put her hands over her ears by reflex.
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