spot of bother - mark haddon

George had always felt uncomfortable around small children. He knew they were not very clever. That was the point. That was why they went to school. Bu they could smell fear. They looked you in the eye and asked you to be a bus conductor and it was hard to shake the suspicion that you were being aksed to pass some fiendish test. p. 21

Jean had alsways found her sister hard work. Even before she was born-again. To be honest is was slightly better akfter she was born-again. because then there was a reason for Eileen being hard work. You knew you'd never get on because she was going to heaven and you weren;t, so you could give up trying. p. 185