What would be the point of having children if they were going to just be dumped on someone else as if it were their responsibility? At least Albin was nearly of the age where he could feasibly go off on his own, but the girls would be crushed. How could his brother be so selfish?

Well, that was a question he'd been asking most of his life.

"I'm sure they'll know what to do. They wouldn't want to see you all off to America either."

What a disaster.