"We"re here to prove that women are at least as good as men," Charlie put a hand on Kate"s shoulder. "Come along Kate."
"Kate"s right," Christine said. "The landowner was doing what she thought was best."
I spoke for the first time. "Let"s forget what our ancient ancestors did," I tried to smile.
"What would you know about that?" Kate asked. "At least Mary and I know who our ancestors were!"
It felt as if somebody had slapped me across the face. "It"s hardly my fault that I"m an orphan," I immediately became defensive.
"Are you an orphan?" Kate altered the direction of her attack from Mary to me. "We don"t know that, and neither do you. You were left at the door of an orphanage, or so you told us."
"And what do you mean by that?" I felt my temper rise and rose to Kate"s challenge.
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