THE ADDRESS

The Narrator of the story is the daughter of Mrs. S who went to her
native place in times of war and after that, she returns to collect her
belongings after her death. She rang the doorbell of Mrs. Dorling and
felt bad when she welcomed her in cold response. She was an old
acquaintance of hers and even wearing her green cardigan.

When she asked about her mother though she nit d3enied but didn’t
want to talk to her. The narrator left the place and remembers
something thing about the past. When her mother was alive she only
gave her this address and when she went home for few days she
learns that her few things were missing.

Mother only told her about Mrs.Dorling that she had taken all these
kinds of stuff and promised her to keep them safely and neatly. Every
time she takes some or the other thing with her. The girl visited her
the second time and this time, a girl about 15 opened the door to her.
The daughter asked about her mother whether she is at home or not.

She followed her and the first thing that struck her was an old
candlestand next to the mirror. When she went to the living room, she
was surrounded by the stuff she wanted to take a glimpse of. She
found herself in a room where all the stuff was arranged in a
haphazard manner which she did not like.

She didn’t have the strength to look around and sat down and kept
staring at the woolen table cover. She remembered that burn mark on
the cover that could never be repaired and soon she found the hole.
Dorling’s daughter was very nice by nature and poured tea from a
white pot that had a golden border on the lid and took out some
spoons. The daughter praised the box and the spoons and to her
surprise, Dorling told her that it is an antique piece.

Mrs. Dorling then told her that they had many such things and the
daughter knew all this about. Then she moved towards the side drawer
to open it. The narrator felt emotional while linking the objects with
her mother’s memories. Initially, she was eager to and long to see and
feel those things as they had an attachment with them. Through these,
she can connect with her mother.

  But now she lost interest in the valuables and it seems useless to her
as she lives in a small rented room where these will not be fitted but
kept somewhere else. She tried hard to forget that address and dong
so she wanted to forget and leave those memories and decided to
move on.