“Lydia: I was just trying to open the door. Mrs. Butterfield brought over a skeleton key.
Charles: Let me have it.
Lydia: But it doesn't work. [She hands her father the key. He looks at it and throws it in the corner]
Charles: Skeleton keys never work. Anyway, this can wait. We'll get a crowbar later. Where's your mother?
Lydia: Stepmother.
Charles: I'm going down to relax. I want a noise-free zone. Do you understand? Noise-free. [he goes down the stairs]
Lydia: Dad?
Charles: [irritated, over his shoulder] What?
Lydia: I'm lonely.
Charles: What?
Lydia: Nothing.”
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