“I could easily have got into university. But there was no question of that.” “Why not, Miss Honey?”
“Because I was needed at home to do the work.” “Then how did you become a teacher?” Matilda asked.
“There is a Teacher's Training College in Reading,” Miss Honey said.
“That's only forty minutes' bus-ride away from here. I was allowed to go there on condition I came straight home again every afternoon
to do the washing and ironing and to clean the house and cook the supper.”
“How old were you then?” Matilda asked. “When I went into Teacher's Training I was eighteen,” Miss Honey said.
“You could have just packed up and walked away,” Matilda said.
“Not until I got a job,” Miss Honey said. “And don't forget, I was by then dominated by my aunt to such an extent that I wouldn't have dared.
You can't imagine what it's like to be completely controlled like that by a very strong personality.
It turns you to jelly. So that's it. That's the sad story of my life. Now I've talked enough.”
“Please don't stop,” Matilda said. “You haven't finished yet.
How did you manage to get away from her in the end and come and live in this funny little house?”
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