:56:04
My first impression of Waddesdon Manor
was like a dream...
:56:08
...like a castle l´ve seen in pictures...
:56:11
...but never in person.
:56:15
The Cedars was a servants´ house.
:56:18
Twenty-six of us lived in The Cedars.
:56:24
The first thing we did
was throw a soccer ball on the lawn...
:56:27
...and kicked it around.
:56:29
The local boys wanted to see what was,
all of a sudden...
:56:32
...being brought into their little village.
:56:36
When it was time for dinner...
:56:39
...they said:
:56:42
"´We´II see you tomorrow."´
:56:45
I was so excited.
:56:48
I was absoIuteIy so exuberant.
:56:50
I ran to my housemother...
:56:53
...and toId her:
:56:55
"´Somebody who´s not Jewish
wants to see me tomorrow."´
:57:01
We did start going to school there.
:57:04
lt was marvelous.
:57:05
l never realized
what school was really like.
:57:09
That you couId participate.
:57:13
And I did enjoy going to schooI.
:57:15
And the wonderfuI part about it
was that it had a Iibrary.
:57:20
l waded through that library...
:57:22
...and that´s how l learned
to speak English.
:57:25
Through that
I got a Iove of EngIish Iiterature.
:57:30
But aItogether...
:57:32
...it was a wonderfuI experience,
and the chiIdren were so friendIy to us.
:57:38
l knew that l was going...
:57:40
...to a school near Bournemouth in Dorset.
:57:43
lt was the headmistress of the school
who guaranteed...
:57:47
...to look after me.
:57:49
When l arrived at the school,
it was all these girls...
:57:52
...who were very polite...
:57:54
...and very nice, very kind.
:57:56
I couIdn´t understand a word they said.
:57:59
I was given my bed.