He tells me about the time Lukas accidentally upended paste all over his own hair and decided the only remedy was to cut it off. How Hester is working on a special printing type that can be read by touch for blind readers like her. About his mother’s recent suitor, who endured a three-hour interrogation from the sisters Conrad before he was allowed to call upon Clara a second time. How, once a year, they all travel to Rabenheim to visit their father’s grave on his birthday. I drift off, hearing the warmth, the love, in Emeric’s voice, and wonder if any of my siblings will ever speak of me that
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