People who feel before they think tend to fall into the latter camp. There’s somebody I think you have to know about, Mathilde told her daughter. Lucy’s Heart strummed at the indication of her mother’s imperative pitch. Your father has a sister, and she lives in a hospital. A psychiatric hospital in the Bronx. She’s lived there for most of her adult life. I used to visit her, and then . . . after you guys were all born, well, it got too hard, you see? It wouldn’t’ve been appropriate to bring children to see her. She’s like a time bomb, you see? Is this a joke? And your father preferred you wouldn’t know about her until she got better. And she hasn’t gotten better, Lucy guessed. No, said Mathilde. Not yet. She had a picture of Jane in her pocket, and she showed Lucy, to make her aunt seem more real. See how she and Daddy have the same eyes? - One set of eyes for two people, - thought Lucy. She said, so he’s waiting for her to get better. He visits her every Tuesday, Mathilde defended her husband.
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