"She was always the smart one..." Ben said gravely. "She knew enough not to do som't foolish like that." He shook his head. "That money she took from... I had been saving up. I thought..." He grimaced. "With that new teacher in town, maybe I could negotiate. Maybe there would be a way in which she could go back to school and prepare for entrance exams... I thought, she's smart. Maybe he could help her get a scholarship..." He shook his head. "I suppose it was a foolish idea to begin with, but here she is, blasting it apart." He looked at his daughters, who were deep asleep, Anne's head resting on Alice's shoulder and Alice's head on Anne's head.