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was kindly enough, but I knew she was here to probe my foster parents and then me about my merits, misdemeanours and character flaws. Miss F’s regular visits were a constant reminder of my privileged status

As the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, ‘The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.’

had to be done, he threatened, or those in government would go to hell for their inaction.