‘A bemused scolding’

Robert was unabashedly proud of my success. What he wanted for himself, he wanted for us both. He exhaled a perfect stream of smoke, and spoke in a tone he only used with me — a bemused scolding — admiration without envy, our brother-sister language. “Patti,” he drawled, “you got famous before me.”

— Just Kids (Patti Smith), Loc. 3063–5

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