They were very upset whereas Clifford simply regarded it as a bit of a problem that required political rather than emotional action to recover from.
"Let's watch the news," he suggested, hoping one of the girls would reach for the hand control.
"God no it will upset mummy even more."
"No it's all right, Marissa. It's happened, the whole world will know about it tonight; we may as well see what they're been fed," said Alice, emitting two sobs.
Clifford thought here it comes, the twenty-first repeat of "How could you!" or would it be the twenty-second? It was difficult to understand how women became so upset and go on and on like a record. In the old days he was sure the man of the house would have ordered, 'Shut up or go down into the cellar and scrub the floor!'
Men were men in those days.
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