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Cecelia Going through troubles and not having anyone to talk to was bad enough. But I found out it was even worse when you had good news, and nobody to share it with. Of course, Becky knew, but she was making herself scarce again. I guessed she was trying to keep Ellis from suspecting that we were in cahoots against him. I had never felt quite this lonely. And I was dying to talk to someone. So I called Catherine. For so long I had occupied myself in taking care of Catherine that I hadn't really had time to cultivate any friendships of my own. I was friendly with some of the house staff back home, but not to the extent that I would confide my deepest secrets to them. For years it had just been Catherine and I living a mostly isolated life in the pack house. I wasn't lonely thou