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had invincible walls of common sense. They were beginning to melt like salt in a wet wind, and that made her angry.
There was Grandfather Lezek, of course, on his little farm so poor that even the sparrows had to kneel down to eat. He'd been a nice old chap, so far as she could recall; a bit sheepish, now she came to think about it, especially when her father was Flume, in the fifth form, was always boasting that her great‑great­-grandmother had once been seduced by the god Blind to in the form of a vase of daisies, which apparently made her a demi‑hemi­-semi‑goddess. She said her mother found it useful to get a table in restaurants. Saying you were a close relative of Death probably would not have the same effect. You praround.Her mother had told Susan that her own father had been...Now she came to think about that, she wasn't sure what her mother had told her. Parents were quite clever at not telling people things, even when they used a lot of words. She'd just been left with the impression that he wasn't around.Now it was being suggested that he was renowned for being around all the time.It was like having a relative in trade.A god, now . . . a god would be something. Lady Odile obably wouldn't even manage a seat near the kitchen.