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Althea would not look her in the eyes. "I ca
Je
"I do not have what you've invented in your mind for me. I have helped you in the only way I can."
"How can you sit here knowing that other people are suffering and dying-and not help? How can you be so selfish, Althea? How can you not help when I need it?"
Friedrich put a hand under Je
Je
Friedrich's eyes blazed with fury, even if his voice did not. "You have no right to speak to us in that ma
"Friedrich," Althea said in a soft voice, "why don't you make us some tea?"
"Althea, there is no reason you should have to explain any of it-least of all to her."
Althea smiled up at him. "It's all right."
"Explain what?" Je
"My husband may sound harsh to you, but it's because he doesn't want me to burden you. He knows that some people leave here unhappy with the knowledge I give them." Her dark eyes turned up to her husband. "Make us some tea?"
Friedrich's face twisted with a long-suffering expression before he nodded in resignation.
"What do you mean?" Jermsen asked. "What knowledge? What is it you aren't telling me?"
As Friedrich went to a cupboard and retrieved a kettle and cups, setting the cups on the table, Althea gestured for Je