But I don't think Patrick at all gets the way things are in a large family - or indeed any family with more than one child, and that there are these pressures. And on the 'bicycle being handed round' thing, in Run Away Home Ann refuses what Nicola assumes to be a mere polite form request for use of her bike (though as we discussed on an earlier thread, even if she didn't have religio-ethical problems with the intended use, the fate of her bike in The Thuggery Affair might be sufficient reason for her to be a bit nervous about letting anyone else use it).