‘To take a baby all the way to France without a wet-nurse. If she mentioned Ramage he might have a fit—anything might happen. No one had the resources or the inclination to rebuild them. There was a girlfriend who was mentally ill. She moved a little nearer to him. That's how I finally got wind of it. Lights were on and Michelle’s mother was up, occasionally pacing as Michelle and Lucy had been gone for over two hours.