"I know." Dilan's voice was sad, "He was never quite as...insane, I suppose, as the rest of us. Still, it hurts to see him and we do not visit often. It seems very ungentlemanly to rub his face in our relationship. I miss the Jerrig of years gone.

"Nevada wrote to mother and father before he absconded with you. Father wrote back that if he did not take you, we would."