There is a roaring in Lillian's ears, and she wouldn't be able to hear Raisele even if she could let her speak.

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She asked authorities to let her speak to Dykes.

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Kate, in the coming months and years, will let her actions speak for her.

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She is also (like Yelland) a retiring type who never gives interviews, preferring to let her newspaper - or her assistants - speak for her.

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He said a man who called him last month claiming to be one of the kidnappers had refused to let him speak to his sister - which would prove that she and her partner were still alive.

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