We always wanted a big family. Alexander is an orphan and I was the second of three sisters. The first thing we agreed on when we got engaged was wanting a house full of children. [She swallows hard, setting down her needle again.]
Philip was our oldest. Just nineteen and freshly graduated from King's College. [There's a little bit of an edge to her voice but at the same time she sounds so proud.] He was a good boy, gentle as a lamb. He studied poetry. I taught him piano and he would... [She quickly wipes her eyes with the back of her hand, fighting off the tears that threaten to fall.] He would always change the last line, just a half-step off key every time.
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Philip was our oldest. Just nineteen and freshly graduated from King's College. [There's a little bit of an edge to her voice but at the same time she sounds so proud.] He was a good boy, gentle as a lamb. He studied poetry. I taught him piano and he would... [She quickly wipes her eyes with the back of her hand, fighting off the tears that threaten to fall.] He would always change the last line, just a half-step off key every time.