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And with it a sullenness that had no sweetness in it , for Violet defied her fate . And now when she raised her old cry again , `` I ca n't see _ why _ I should n't have gone on at Starker 's like I did , '' instead of saying `` Somebody 's got to look after Granville '' Ranny answered , '' _ This _ is why . '' All through the winter the charwoman came every day . And one midnight , in the first week of March , nineteen-five , Violet 's child was born . It was a daughter . On that night Ransome acquired a dreadful knowledge . Granville was not a place where you could be born with any decency .