COE, CHRISTINE (1966 - ) Psychiatric Nurse. In the absence of her husband, I recently accompanied Christine to Drumfeld's annual Woman of the Year dinner where her work on behalf of Drumfeld's depressives was acknowledged. Few people who knew my sister as a child could have anticipated her nomination. The very suggestion would probably have been dismissed as a cruel joke. While it would be unfair to say that my siblings lived in my shadow, their accomplishments perhaps seemed insignificant compared to mine. In normal circumstances, the family would have celebrated Christine's selection to play hockey for the school. Even Spencer's first ‘gigs' might have elicited a mention in the Christmas newsletter. At the time, though, I was the most remarkable prodigy in the history of psychic detection. When television researchers and F.B.I. consultants beat a path to our door, it was natural that other activities were relegated to peripheral status. While Spencer never concealed his resentment, Christine suppressed her own feelings with predictable results: acne, mood swings and bad language, a pattern currently being repeated by my niece, Muriel.

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