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Claptrap last week,_ Lady D announced. __ think the priest is getting old.__areth opened his mouth, but before he could say a word, his grandmother__ cane swung around in a remarkably steady horizontal arc. __on__,_ she warned, __ake a comment beginning with the words, __oming from you____ wouldn__ dream of it,_ he demurred.__f course you would,_ she stated. __ou wouldn__ be my grandson if you wouldn__._ She turned to Hyacinth. __on__ you agree?__o her credit, Hyacinth folded her hands in her lap and said, __urely there is no right answer to that question.___mart girl,_ Lady D said approvingly.__ learn from the master.__ady Danbury beamed. __nsolence aside,_ she continued determinedly, gesturing toward Gareth as if he were some sort of zoological specimen, __e really is an exceptional grandson. Couldn__ have asked for more.__areth watched with amusement as Hyacinth murmured something that was meant to convey her agreement without actually doing so.__f course,_ Grandmother Danbury added with a dismissive wave of her hand, __e hasn__ much in the way of competition. The rest of them have only three brains to share among them.__ot the most ringing of endorsements, considering that she had twelve living grandchildren.____e heard some animals eat their young,_ Gareth murmured, to no one in particular.Hyacinth wrinkled her nose, as she always did when she was thinking hard. It wasn__ a terribly attractive expression, but the alternative was simply not to think, which she didn__ find appealing.