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Chapter 10 The Address Notes

The story follows a daughter who returns to her native place in Holland after the war to search for her mother's belongings. She goes to the address of House Number 46 in Marconi Street that her mother had provided years earlier. When a woman answers the door wearing her mother's cardigan, the daughter realizes she has the right place. However, the woman refuses to acknowledge knowing the daughter's mother and closes the door. The daughter later learns that a woman named Mrs. Dorling had been taking possessions from her family's house. During a second visit to the address, the daughter is let inside and finds herself surrounded by familiar objects, but resolves to forget the address and move on.

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Chapter 10 The Address Notes

The story follows a daughter who returns to her native place in Holland after the war to search for her mother's belongings. She goes to the address of House Number 46 in Marconi Street that her mother had provided years earlier. When a woman answers the door wearing her mother's cardigan, the daughter realizes she has the right place. However, the woman refuses to acknowledge knowing the daughter's mother and closes the door. The daughter later learns that a woman named Mrs. Dorling had been taking possessions from her family's house. During a second visit to the address, the daughter is let inside and finds herself surrounded by familiar objects, but resolves to forget the address and move on.

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Chapter –02

The Address

The story The Address is all about human predicament that follows war. The story narrates how
a daughter goes to her native place in Holland in search of her mother's belongings after the war.
In the beginning of the story it is narrated how the protagonist was given a cold reception when
she went to her native place after the war in search of her mother's belongings. After ringing the
bell of House Number 46 in Marconi Street, a woman opened the door. On being introduced, the
woman kept staring at her in silence. There was no sign of recognition on her face. The woman
was wearing her mother's green knitted cardigan. The narrator could understand that she had
made no mistake. She asked the woman whether she knew her mother. The woman could not
deny this. The narrator wanted to talk to her for some time. But the woman cautiously closed the
door. The narrator stopped there for some time and then left the place.

In the subsequent sections, the memories of the narrator's bygone days come to light. Her
mother had provided the address years ago during the war. She went to home for few days. She
could find that various things were missing. At that time her mother told her about Mrs. Dorling.
She happened to be an old acquaintance of the narrator's mother. Lately she had renewed
contact with her and had been coming there regularly. Every time she left their house she took
something home with her. She told that she wanted to save all their nice possessions. The next
day the narrator saw Mrs. Dorling going out of their house with a heavy suitcase. She had a
fleeting glimpse of Mrs. Dorling's face. She asked her mother whether the woman lived far away.
At that time the narrator's mother told about the address: Number 46, Marconi Street. After
many days the after the war, the narrator was curious to take record of the possessions that
must still be at Number 46, Marconi Street. With this intention she went to the given address.

The concluding part of the story describes the second visit of the narrator. As the narrator's first
visit yielded no result so she planned to go once again. Interestingly, a girl of fifteen opened the
door to her. Her mother was not at home. The narrator expressed her wish to wait for her. The
girl accompanied her to the passage. The narrator saw an old fashioned iron candle holder
hanging next to a mirror. The girl made her sit in the living room and went inside. The narrator
was horrified to find herself in a room she knew and did not know. She found herself in the
midst of familiar things which she longed to see again but which troubled her in the strange
atmosphere. She had no courage to look around her. But she no longer had desire to possess
them. She got up, walked to the door, and left the room. She resolved to forget the address and
moved on.

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