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l was a very happy little girl growing up.
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My father absoIuteIy adored me.
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There was never anything...
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...that I couId have possibIy done wrong.
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My father used to go out with me...
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...shopping.
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And l always used to admire this one suit...
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...which was for ladies.
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I was onIy a kid, you know.
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And I aIways said,
"´Daddy, I wouId Iove to wear that suit."´
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So, one day, he said,
"´ShaII we go in there?"´
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And I said, "´That´s for big Iadies, I can´t....
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"´Let´s go in there."´ And he went in there
and they took my measurements...
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...and that suit was made for me.
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And l came home,
and my mother was devastated.
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"´What are you buying this IittIe girI
aII this stuff for?
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"´She doesn´t need that."´
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And my father said,
"´She is my pride and joy...
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"´...and she needs everything
I can get for her."´
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My parents were
sort of middle-class people.
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My father was
a middle-level bank manager.
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My mother was a lady of leisure.
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And I was a very-much-desired first chiId.
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They were both around 30 or so.
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We had one of these very nice apartments
in Vienna, with a high ceiling...
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...lots of light, as l remember it,
and big windows...
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...and I guess I was spoiIed.
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In addition to them,
there was the inevitabIe maid...
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...nursemaid in the house in those days.
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My grandmother Iooked in often
and Iived nearby.
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lt was, in many ways, a rather idyllic life.
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And I was indeed
the center of the universe.