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Mamoo:	Yes. And I've got. the tape from Waldo Pitkin and he, I
asked him a question, I said, "Was your sister the mistress of my Grandfather?"
Alice:	Oh come Aphra, did you really?
Mamoo:	Yes, I did.
Alice:	You never told me that.
Mamoo:	And	he said " No, I do not	think she was.	"	They	were	very,
very close	friends, the families.	The Pitkins...
Alice:	They were NOT close friends of the family.
Mamoo:	Waldo Pitkin told me so Alice.
Alice: They were NOT.
Mamoo:	Waldo	Pitkin told	me so.
Alice:	He was	frightened	he didn't	belong.
Mamoo:	Alice, Grandpapa used to	go over there	when	he	was	very,
very young	and they played bridge	every night.
Alice:	I give in to you.
Mamoo:	Well	you don't	have to give in.	I	don't	give	a	darn
whether you	give in or	not. I'm	just telling	you	my	opinion,
that's all.
Alice:	Okay.
Tell me about about your Grandmother. Now they lived in separate quarters, tell me a little about that.
Mamoo:	Alright, they lived in the same house but in separate
quarters. Bonnemama's suite of rooms was a great big front porch, a great big bedroom, a bathroom and a sitting room.
Alice:	Anyhow, the whole thing is at the end of their lives the
lived in separate quarters. They certainly didn't live in thei separate quarters while they were having thirteen children.
Mamoo: Of course not Alice.
Alice: They must have lived very well together.
And Albert Baldwin lived on the other side?
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