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• 5. Hours later Pa left for Paris. Accompanied by Mummys sisters, Aunt Sarah and Aunt Jane. Theyneeded to learn more about the crash, someone said. And...
• 2.1-6
• 6. Willy and I walked up and down the crowds outside Kensington Palace, smiling, shaking hands. As if we were running for office. Hundreds and hundred...
• 3.1-7
• 7. Then everyone moved on. The family went back to work, and I went back to school, same as I did after every summerholiday. Back to normal, everyone ...
• 4.1-8
• 8. Despite its two male headmastersMr. Gerald and Mr. Marston, both legendsLudgrove waslargely run by women. We called them the matrons. Whatever tend...
• 5.1-9
• 9. We called them grub days. They were Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, I think. Immediately after lunch wed queue inthe corridor, along the wall, cra...
• 6.1-10
• 10. A month later it was half-term. I was going home at last. Waitno, I wasnt. Pa, apparently, didnt want me to spend the break wandering aimlessly ar...
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• 11. The next morning Pa and I went to a beautiful lodge on a snaky river. KwaZulu-Natal. I knewabout this place, where Redcoats and Zulu warriors clas...
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• 12. Most of my teachers were kind souls who just let me be, who understood all that I was dealingwith and didnt want to give me more. Mr. Dawson, who ...
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• 13. Late at night, after lights-out, some of us would sneak out, go roaming up and down the corridors. A strict violation of the rules, but I was lone...
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• 14. Mr. Marston, while patrolling the dining room, often carried a little bell. It reminded me of the bellon the front desk of a hotel. Ding, have you...