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Anyone else in the family?
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No, except for Bunny.
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Of course. What about your parents?
:56:12
Our father was killed in the war.
:56:14
Went right up to V-E Day without a scratch,
and then got hit by a tank.
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One of ours.
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My mother, she was kind of peculiar.
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Any special way?
:56:27
She was a great believer in the hereafter.
:56:29
Do you believe in life on another planet?
:56:32
Seems quite unbelievable enough
to me on this one, l think.
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Anyhow, Mother used to spend
most of her time in church...
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the Church of Christ the Spiritualist,
having long talks with my father.
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lts funny, he never had much to say to her
while he was alive.
:56:46
But once he was dead,
apparently he never shut up.
:56:50
Anyway, l sort of got into the habit
of taking care of Ann.
:56:54
She was my responsibility.
:56:55
A bit of a burden, wasnt it, on a schoolboy?
:56:57
-l didnt think of it that way.
-Your mother?
:57:00
She died almost two years ago.
:57:02
-Any communications with her since?
-Not a peep.
:57:06
When you were at school,
wasnt Ann lonely?
:57:08
No more so than any other child.
:57:09
What did she do to fill in her days?
:57:11
Reading, l suppose.
Books, dolls, that sort of thing.
:57:15
-Alone?
-Most of the time. We lived in the country.
:57:19
Look, wheres all this getting us?
:57:22
Children, lonely children,
often make up imaginary playmates.
:57:27
-Did your sister ever do anything like that?
-Not that l know of.
:57:41
lm terribly sorry
if weve inconvenienced you...
:57:43
but were just following our instructions.
:57:45
Youve made me miss my plane.
:57:47
Well book you on another plane as soon
as youve answered a few questions.
:57:51
You mustnt be cross with me
because l betrayed your little secret.
:57:56
After all, l didnt know it was a secret.
:57:58
-Perhaps if you had told me--
-What precisely was it he did tell you?