[Benjamin wordlessly lets Antonio take his other hand, staying silent for the sake of mastering his own emotions again while Antonio begins to clean the knuckles of his other hand.]
Hester gave me a photograph, of Johanna as she looks now. She looks... beautiful. The spitting image of her mother. I thought... I thought that meant that she was well taken care of. That she was loved...
[His next words are filled with disgust.]
And oh, she was, but not in the way that any father wants to hear. Do you want to know why the Judge sought out the services of a barber?
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Hester gave me a photograph, of Johanna as she looks now. She looks... beautiful. The spitting image of her mother. I thought... I thought that meant that she was well taken care of. That she was loved...
[His next words are filled with disgust.]
And oh, she was, but not in the way that any father wants to hear. Do you want to know why the Judge sought out the services of a barber?