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Why do you ask so many questions? Did you know him, perhaps?

[Puts the plate down.] Heaven knows! I've known so many people. Maybe I knew him, too.

Well, if you knew him, leave him and us in peace with your questions. He went to America and died there. That's all there is to tell.

All right. All right. Don't be angry with me. I didn't mean any harm. [There is a pause.]

My father was a very handsome man.

Don't talk so much.

Did I say anything?

Surely the little orphan can say that about her father.