we eventually returned to England but our mother died soon after. We all went to live at Stoke Moran. We had enough money but Roylott changed after our mother died. She was killed in a railway accident eight years ago. He is sully and fights with anyone in our neighborhood. Everyone is scared of him because he is strong and crazy.the only people he talks to are some gypsies who live on his land. He keeps some wild animals,too. there is a cheetah and a baboon which he brought back from India. they run freely around the place.
You can imagine from what I say that my sister and I had a hard time. Because everyone is afraid of my stepfather, no one will work for us. We have to do everything. sadly,julia has already died. she was only thirty at the time of her death,but her hair was already going gray. my hair is hair becoming gray too.