A child is not an empty vessel, Fleet, to be formed in whatever way the parent thinks fit. They are born with their own hearts and they cannot be made otherwise, no matter what love a man lavishes on them.” On they went. “What more could I have done? What did I miss? Eh?” Fleet shook her head and sent drops of water flying from the reins. “We loved him. We did, didn’t we? I took him about with me and showed him the world. I taught him what I knew… He knew wrong from right. He had that from me, Fleet. He cannot say he did not know.”
