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That her niece should find such profound pleasure in the company of a thirteen-year-old black girl–and, more to the point, always within the precincts of Elinor’s house–was a slap in Mary-Love’s face. She decided, without saying anything more to James, to wreck Grace’s perfection of happiness. Grace would learn that she, Mary-Love, was the source of all felicity within the Caskey family.
