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So
I
was
brought
up
by
Aunt
Annie
and
Uncle
Dick
with
their
daughter
Mabel
.
Aunt
Annie
was
my
father
’
s
elder
sister
.
Uncle
Dick
died
when
I
was
fifteen
.
That
was
1950
.
We
went
up
to
Tring
Reservoir
to
fish
,
as
usual
I
went
off
with
my
net
and
stuff
.
When
I
got
hungry
and
came
back
to
where
I
left
him
,
there
were
a
knot
of
people
.
I
thought
he
’
d
caught
a
whopper
.
But
he
’
d
had
a
stroke
.
They
got
him
home
,
but
he
never
said
another
word
or
properly
recognized
any
of
us
again
.
The
days
we
spent
together
,
not
together
exactly
,
because
I
always
went
off
collecting
and
he
’
d
sit
by
his
rods
,
though
we
always
had
dinner
together
and
the
journey
there
and
home
,
those
days
(
after
the
ones
I
’
m
going
to
say
about
)
are
definitely
the
best
I
have
ever
had
.
Aunt
Annie
and
Mabel
used
to
despise
my
butterflies
when
I
was
a
boy
,
but
Uncle
Dick
would
always
stick
up
for
me
.
He
always
admired
a
good
bit
of
setting
.
He
felt
the
same
as
I
did
about
a
new
imago
and
would
sit
and
watch
the
wings
stretch
and
dry
out
and
the
gentle
way
they
try
them
,
and
he
also
let
me
have
room
in
his
shed
for
my
caterpillar
jars
.
When
I
won
a
hobby
prize
for
a
case
of
Fritillaries
he
gave
me
a
pound
on
condition
I
didn
’
t
tell
Aunt
Annie
.
Well
,
I
won
’
t
go
on
,
he
was
as
good
as
a
father
to
me
.
When
I
held
the
pools
cheque
in
my
hands
,
he
was
the
person
,
besides
Miranda
of
course
,
I
thought
of
.
I
would
have
given
him
the
best
rods
and
tackle
and
anything
else
he
wanted
.
But
it
was
not
to
be
.
I
did
the
pools
from
the
week
I
was
twenty
-
one
.
Every
week
I
did
the
same
five
-
bob
perm
.
Old
Tom
and
Crutchley
,
who
were
in
Rates
with
me
,
and
some
of
the
girls
clubbed
together
and
did
a
big
one
and
they
were
always
going
at
me
to
join
in
,
but
I
stayed
the
lone
wolf
.
I
never
liked
old
Tom
or
Crutchley
.
Old
Tom
is
slimy
,
always
going
on
about
local
government
and
buttering
up
to
Mr
.
Williams
,
the
Borough
Treasurer
.
Crutchley
’
s
got
a
dirty
mind
and
he
is
a
sadist
,
he
never
let
an
opportunity
go
of
making
fun
of
my
interest
,
especially
if
there
were
girls
around
.
"
Fred
’
s
looking
tired
—
he
’
s
been
having
a
dirty
week
-
end
with
a
Cabbage
White
,
"
he
used
to
say
,
and
,
"
Who
was
that
Painted
Lady
I
saw
you
with
last
night
?
"
Old
Tom
would
snigger
,
and
Jane
,
Crutch
-
ley
’
s
girl
from
Sanitation
,
she
was
always
in
our
office
,
would
giggle
.
She
was
all
Miranda
wasn
’
t
.
I
always
hated
vulgar
women
,
especially
girls
.
So
I
did
my
own
entry
,
like
I
said
.
The
cheque
was
for
£
73
,
091
and
some
odd
shillings
and
pence
.
I
rang
up
Mr
.
Williams
as
soon
as
the
pools
people
confirmed
the
Tuesday
that
all
was
well
.
I
could
tell
he
was
angry
that
I
left
like
that
,
although
he
said
at
first
he
was
pleased
,
he
was
sure
they
were
all
pleased
,
which
of
course
I
know
they
weren
’
t
.
He
even
suggested
I
might
invest
in
the
Council
5
%
Loan
!
Some
of
them
at
Town
Hall
lose
all
sense
of
proportion
.
I
did
what
the
pools
people
suggested
,
moved
straight
up
to
London
with
Aunt
Annie
and
Mabel
till
the
fuss
died
down
.
I
sent
old
Tom
a
cheque
for
£
500
and
asked
him
to
share
with
Crutchley
and
the
others
.
I
didn
’
t
answer
their
thank
-
you
letters
.
You
could
see
they
thought
I
was
mean
.
The
only
fly
in
the
ointment
was
Miranda
.
She
was
at
home
at
the
time
of
winning
,
on
holidays
from
her
art
school
,
and
I
saw
her
only
the
Saturday
morning
of
the
great
day
.
All
the
time
we
were
up
in
London
spending
and
spending
I
was
thinking
I
wasn
’
t
going
to
see
her
any
more
;
then
that
I
was
rich
,
a
good
spec
as
a
husband
now
;
then
again
I
knew
it
was
ridiculous
,
people
only
married
for
love
,
especially
girls
like
Miranda
.
There
were
even
times
I
thought
I
would
forget
her
.
But
forgetting
’
s
not
something
you
do
,
it
happens
to
you
.
Only
it
didn
’
t
happen
to
me
.
If
you
are
on
the
grab
and
immoral
like
most
nowadays
,
I
suppose
you
can
have
a
good
time
with
a
lot
of
money
when
it
comes
to
you
.
But
I
may
say
I
have
never
been
like
that
,
I
was
never
once
punished
at
school
.
Aunt
Annie
is
a
Noncon
-
formist
,
she
never
forced
me
to
go
to
chapel
or
such
like
,
but
I
was
brought
up
in
the
atmosphere
,
though
Uncle
Dick
used
to
go
to
the
pub
on
the
q
.
t
.
sometimes
.
Aunt
Annie
let
me
smoke
cigarettes
after
a
lot
of
rows
when
I
came
out
of
the
army
,
but
she
never
liked
it
.
Even
with
all
that
money
,
she
had
to
keep
on
saying
spending
it
was
against
her
principles
.
But
Mabel
went
at
her
behind
the
scenes
,
I
heard
her
doing
it
one
day
,
and
anyway
I
said
it
was
my
money
and
my
conscience
,
she
was
welcome
to
all
she
wanted
and
none
if
she
didn
’
t
,
and
there
was
nothing
about
accepting
gifts
in
Nonconformism
.
