{What was a second son for if not to be a replacement? Balfour sighs and shakes his head. Clearly Amery doesn't understand--why would he? He was the perfect firstborn son, everything that his parents had ever wanted in offspring and more. Amery would never, ever, have to deal with being second best at anything.
Instead of saying any of that, he just shrugged. What else could he say? Things were as they were.
Oh--]
Oh, and they married Carina off. I guess they didn't want to spend much more money on a nurse for her.
[Married at fourteen and as sickly as ever. Balfour didn't have the heart to tell Amery about the miscarriage, about what the medics had told her after that.]
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Instead of saying any of that, he just shrugged. What else could he say? Things were as they were.
Oh--]
Oh, and they married Carina off. I guess they didn't want to spend much more money on a nurse for her.
[Married at fourteen and as sickly as ever. Balfour didn't have the heart to tell Amery about the miscarriage, about what the medics had told her after that.]