Sometimes my mother would ask what we wanted. If we gave the "wrong" answer, she would tell us that, no, that was not what we wanted. Then she would tell us what we wanted.
That was one of the mildest things she did to let us know what to think. It was what she did long after she had beaten us into submission to her will already, so that only a hint as to what she wanted was needed.
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Now if thou would'st
When all have given him o'er
From death to life
Thou might'st him yet recover
-- Michael Drayton 1562 - 1631
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