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My father was a lawyer with no sons, so he decided that his older daughter, Susie, would follow his career. It was his plan that she'd 1 his business when he died. By the time Susie could read and write, my father read law books to her at bedtime.

He enjoyed having her show off to visitors in his office and they were 2 at her reciting difficult passages. When Susie finished high school, she followed my father to the university where he 3 her into the first-term courses to enter law

school.

Everything went smoothly for a while, and no one in the family was 4 of the slow change that came over Susie.

One day Susie 5 that she would like to take piano lessons. Dad, a supporter of an

all-round education, did not 6 her wishes. He just 7 her not to spend too much time on the piano. He said that one lesson a week would be enough, 8 the heavy schedule she kept at the university. The added noise of playing the piano was