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My uncle turned back to the view through the window, and I remained quiet. More than once, I’d seen him separate from a situation—although in his case, it resembled a reliving of an event. Mother said he had returned from India “changed.” I was beginning to grasp more fully what she meant.

The only way to endure is to retreat.

What had made my mother withdraw into herself? And for that matter, my uncle as well?


"I’d rarely seen Mother rattled, but during our Easter holiday in London, she appeared preoccupied by matters she never expressed to either of us."

From case four of "The Early Case Files of Sherlock Holmes."

- "The Adventure of the Purloined Portrait"