:13:03
But the left branch was scarred,
:13:08
as if Mother, where the left
branch started, were an anomaly,
:13:14
a morbid offshoot,
weighed down by affection.
:13:26
You have no idea of what
we've been through since you left.
:13:33
You would be shocked to see
our family's strained face.
:13:41
It's hard for me to
say this, brother...
:13:47
but Mother can't hide
her sobbing anymore.
:13:54
She didn't tell anyone
you had left.
:13:59
That day, at lunch time,
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each one of us felt
:14:08
the weight of your empty chair.
:14:25
The day dragged on while
we worked with Father...
:14:31
we thought about
our sisters at home...
:14:35
busy in the kitchen,
or embroidering on the porch...
:14:40
sewing, or cleaning out the pantry.
:14:45
No matter where the girls were...
:14:48
they would never be
the same after that day.
:14:51
They no longer filled
the house with joy.
:14:56
You should have
been there, André.