“When I was five, my father died very suddenly. One day he was there and the next day he was gone.”
“And so I was left to live alone with my aunt. She became my legal guardian.”
“She had all the powers of a parent over me. And in some way or another, she became the actual owner of the house.”
“How did your father die?” Matilda asked. “It is interesting you should ask that,” Miss Honey said.
“I myself was much too young to question it at the time,”
“but I found out later that there was a good deal of mystery surrounding his death.” “Didn't they know how he died?” Matilda asked.
“Well, not exactly,” Miss Honey said, hesitating, “You see, no one could believe that he would ever have done it.”
“He was such a very sane and sensible man.” “Done what?” Matilda asked. “Killed himself.”
Matilda was stunned. “Did he?” she gasped. “That's what it looked like,” Miss Honey said. “But who knows?”
She shrugged and turned away and stared out of the tiny window.
“I know what you're thinking,” Matilda said. “You're thinking that the aunt killed him”
“and made it look as though he'd done it himself.”
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