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Wow! Wild start.

It's interesting that Bel seems to have an antagonistic relationship with the missing (possibly dead) mother she never knew.

"For several years, drinking was like this: a task she undertook when required to. She did not drink when off duty, when there was nothing social on her program."

(After Peter tells her, "'The thing is, Alice . . . you're boring at parties. A drink or two will help you be more fun.'")

She was boring at parties. She knew nothing of current affairs. She was not well traveled, and she had no hobbies. She was not brilliant and witty like her sister. She had unkind thoughts about others, at times, but she had never mastered the art of expressing them in a clever mischievous way: in other words, she was not skillful even when it came to gossip."