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which I hope will make you
just as happy as it has me.

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From now on, you're going
to be one of us really, dear.

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You're going to be a member of this
family like Con and Lee and John.

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They're your brothers,
and this is going to be your home...

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as much as it is theirs.
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- This my home?
- Yes, dear.

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You're going to live with us.
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- Live here?
- Here, the town house, wherever we are.

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Does it make you happy, Laurel?
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Oh, yes, it makes me very happy...
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to know that you want me,
and I do love you all so very much.

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But I couldn't leave my mother.
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Oh, you won't be leaving her.
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Your mother will always
be your mother.

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I could never expect or even want
to take her place in your heart.

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- You'll visit her whenever you like.
- No, I couldn't.

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Oh, thank you ever and ever
so much, Mrs.-- I mean--

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Laurel, your mother, your father,
all of us who love you...

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feel that now that
you're getting older...

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there are many advantages
that we can give you.

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I know.
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And I do thank you.
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But I'm sorry.
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- Good night, Con.
- Good night, Dad.

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Yes, dear?
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What is it, dear?
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You don't mean you thought
that I could live...

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anywhere ever without Mother.
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Well, you've lived without me.
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Your mother and I are just
changing places for a while, that's all.

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Isn't it fair for me to have a little
of what she's had all these years?

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But that's different, Father.
You know it is.

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I've been with Mother all these years
because I needed her.

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Now she needs me,
and you need me less than ever.

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Oh, Laurel, don't say that.
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I'm sorry if you don't see that
what we've planned is for your good.

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We thought it would make you happy.
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Your mother and I have decided upon
what we think is best for you.

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- My mother? Does she know?
- Certainly.


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