"Let me see... in my own family, I had two brothers and a sister, and in my cousin Finrod's there were also three boys and a girl. My half-uncle had seven sons of his own, although none of my aunts had any children in those days. So if we were all together it was... noisy. Fortunately, it was seldom that you would get us all in one place except at formal occasions, when we were expected to be on our best behaviour."
This was a lost cause, but the expectation was there, at least.
"But because there were so many of us, it was easy to find a friend around your age amongst the cousins. Finrod and I were very close, as an example."
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"Let me see... in my own family, I had two brothers and a sister, and in my cousin Finrod's there were also three boys and a girl. My half-uncle had seven sons of his own, although none of my aunts had any children in those days. So if we were all together it was... noisy. Fortunately, it was seldom that you would get us all in one place except at formal occasions, when we were expected to be on our best behaviour."
This was a lost cause, but the expectation was there, at least.
"But because there were so many of us, it was easy to find a friend around your age amongst the cousins. Finrod and I were very close, as an example."