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Quote #10
'I wish you'd told me what you knew about my mother,' I said. 'How come you didn't?'
'Oh, Lily,' she said, and there was gentleness in her words, like they'd been rocked in a little hammock of tenderness down in her throat. 'Why would I go and hurt you with something like that?' (13.58-59)
Again, Lily thinks she's cornered the market on being sneaky and secretive, so she's very hurt and surprised to learn that Rosaleen knew her mother had left her. Of course, Rosaleen thought that not sharing that information was the kinder course to take.