Part: 123456789         Session: 1         Page na123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585586587588589590591592593594595596597598599600601602603604605606607608609610611612613614615616617618619620621622623624625626627628629630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654 of 654

relatives, because no relative could take them both. Hall soon went off to school. Of course, Hall, as a grown man, became a problem drinker. That was what was the matter with him. That always, in her mind, related back to the episode of her father and all that.

She told me all this. Then she told me about going to live with Auntie “This” and Auntie “That” and Grandmother “So-and-So.” They were all sweet to her and lovely to her, but she was living in somebody else's house and she knew it. She had to conform to the rules that they laid down. She mustn't have any ideas of her own. She mustn't ask for anything, because, after all, they were taking her in. She didn't belong there and as a kindness they were taking her in. They were good and kind and sweet, but after all she was an orphan child parked on them. When it wasn't convenient to keep her in their house any longer, they arranged to have her go to Auntie “Somebody Else”'s house, or back to Grandma, as long as Grandma lived.

And so her life consisted of being moved from place to place, until she was finally sent to a boarding school in England. That was the nearest thing that she had had to stability of residence and stability of relationship to her supervisors for a very long time. That was the cause of her passionate attachment to her school days and to one