““And what's a-trouble to you, Jackie?" "Father," I said, feeling I might as well get it over while I had him in good humour, "I had it all arranged to kill my grandmother." He seemed a bit shaken by that, all right, because he said nothing for quite a while. "My goodness," he said at last, "that'd be a shocking thing to do. What put that into your head?" Father," I said, feeling very sorry for myself, " she's an awful woman.””
