i was tucking her in one night , the baby asleep in a bassinet beside her bed , when she looked at me and said , `` i do know who the father is . '' with no more than a look for vane , she dragged him through to the spot where the fiend woman had probably gasped her last breath at one of his mens hands . the entire bed was drenched in sunlight . finally , dad pulls us both aside in the hall . and over here was a small vat of cocoa liquor . 