I would help with looking after my young sibling andby the time he was about eighteen months, I was going to be a bigbrother to yet another sibling wh...n Terry arrived.By now, I had started at a secondary school and had gone from a smallprimary with no more than a hundred and twenty students, to a hugeschool that had ten times that number. The classes were twice the sizeand for the longest time I felt lost as I was one of the only pupilsfrom my old junior school, the rest having gone to another. I could see that I was going to find her something of a challenge. First of all she was wearing trousers. She cannot have imagined that would be acceptable. Her shoes had high heels, which was at least a step in the right direction. The way she strode, however, stepping out confidently, was very definitely not in the approved manner. I followed her into the house and waved her into the lounge, asking her to sit on the couch.I remained standing. "Tell me about yourself," I began. "And tell me. Susie and I joined in."But it's lovely to have you back here, My Lady," Martha said. "Wouldyou all like to follow me? Mr Smythe is waiting for you in thelibrary."My mother followed confidently. She knew the way well. No doubt someredecoration had been done in twenty years, but the basic layout ofthe Hall couldn't have changed. Susie followed wonderingly, goggle-eyed at the mansion of which she was now the undisputed mistress. Forme, there was an eerie sense of d?j? vu. I had been four. ”“Thank you,” I muttered, not knowing what else to say.“Why don’t you hop in the truck and I will take you therest of the way home, you look extremely tired, you musthave been running.”I probably should have been nervous, my mother had toldme never to get into a car with anyone except her or dad,but Mr. McGraw was a close friend and had always beennice to me so once he finished his smoke we both got inthe old truck and drove off. We headed down the bumpydirt.